Gardening Rocks 2012 Advent: Day 4

December 4, 2012

Kick back, relax, and enjoy the smooth vocal stylings of Yuna, the chillest and most fashionable Malaysian pop star we’ve never heard of but should’ve heard of. She’s just living life, yo. Grab the free download of “Live Your Life” here. I wrote a book for gardeners who rock. The Garden Rocks 2012 Advent is [...]

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Gardening Rocks 2012 Advent: Day 3

December 3, 2012

Delta Rae says it’s a long way down to the bottom of the river, people, and you should check your pulse if this doesn’t send a chill up your spine. Get your free/legal download of “Bottom of the River” and don’t miss the video below. Somebody needs to do a video mashup of this and [...]

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Gardening Rocks 2012 Advent: Day 2

December 2, 2012

This is a couple of years old now, but what better way to start your Sunday than a video about a lovelorn Wookiee trying to get over a peacock? Watch below, and then grab the free/legal download of Ra Ra Riot’s “Shadowcasting.” I wrote a book for gardeners who rock. The Garden Rocks 2012 Advent [...]

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Announcing the Gardening Rocks 2012 Advent Calendar

December 1, 2012

This time of year, I go on a music binge. I catch up on stuff from the year prior, and poke through end-of-year “best of” lists that pop up on music blogs and magazines. I know I’ve mentioned my new book a time or two. What I may not have mentioned is this: in the [...]

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Garden Designers Roundtable: Plants and Memory

November 27, 2012

The GDRT topic this month is one I’ve given a bit of thought. As I said in the intro to this month’s series, I even wrote a book about it! Sure, it may seem like a simple enough concept, to offer up “right plant, right place” alternatives to plants that are problematic that we insist [...]

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It’s Here

November 20, 2012

Hey! What have you been up to? Me? Well, nothing much. Just releasing a book. And guess what? People are already saying nice things and/or let my hijack THEIR blogs to blather on about it! I will be keeping track of them here. Studio ‘g’ blog, by Rochelle Greayer |In the Garden With: Andrew Keys [...]

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Dragon Tails

October 10, 2012
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We designers always say if you want a well designed garden, don’t just buy one of everything. Right? That IS true, but I also believe in leaving room for a few single plants as experiments, especially if you’ll be able to divide them later, and I believe in allowing yourself the occasional informed impulse buy. [...]

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On the Radio (the Martha Radio)

October 5, 2012

Regina Spektor is here for your Friday to say I’ll be on Martha Stewart Living Radio with Stephen Orr, MSL editorial director for gardening, this coming Monday from 5 to 6 p.m. EDT. We’ll be talking about Why Grow That?—which, BTW, has a badass web presence of its very own now—and TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS. Hold [...]

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Garden Confidential #9: The Secret Life of Cacti

September 18, 2012

The lowly cactus: I bet you think you know all about it, right? Wrong. Scott Calhoun knows all about cacti, and his stories aren’t for the faint of heart. We’re talking expeditions into the Mexican backcountry, peyote, and of course the prickles. But underneath that prickly exterior lies something ancient–something more elemental than you find [...]

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