Almost five years in the making, I’d like to invite everyone to join me on my first garden tour abroad to see the magnificent…. Gardens and Villas of Italy May 14-26, 2013 Email: tbmgardens@gmail.com Italy is home to some of the most beautiful villas and gardens in the world and what better way…
Good Morning All! It has been a long time since we last talked and first and foremost I just wanted to let everyone know that all is well! There have been a number of very good things happening that have kept me away from the blog for a few months, but my schedule is about to…
I swore I wasn’t going to do it. A couple of years ago, after 17 years of involvement, I had “retired”. This year, I was simply going to be in attendance at Nashville’s annual Antiques & Garden Show. I would walk the floor, peruse the items, chat with old friends and maybe have a Bloody…
Winter Weather Advisory. Those are words we’ve only heard once or twice here in the Nashville area this winter. In fact, our winter has been closer to a Zone 8b winter than our typical Zone 6b (or 7a if you choose to believe the new USDA Hardiness Zones Map that was just published http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ ). Yes,…
Early on this Christmas morning, while the family is still asleep, I thought I’d share a bit of the week’s good news with all of you. I want to thank each and every one of you for following along! Gardener Cook (formerly Garden Notes) will officially reach 25,000 views before year’s end! This is no…
Before we dive into the world of these stunning “new” amaryllis, let’s talk for just a minute about names. While I have used the word “amaryllis” in the title and again in the first sentence, it’s because I’m writing for you, the gardening public, and not because it is necessarily accurate. In fact, amaryllis has become…
It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving has already passed and December 1 is bearing down upon us. And of course, the weather has taken a turn for the worse long before I (or the garden) was ready. In fact, I’m sitting here writing to you now with a fire in the fireplace and snow–yes, SNOW!–bearing…
Like so many of you, I work–a lot. Between my design clients, traveling to speaking engagements, working on magazine articles, building a stock photography library and getting ready to launch a garden tour business–not to mention a few projects that I can’t talk about quite yet–my days are fairly full. To that end, sometimes it’s…
I am admittedly not a big fan of autumn. I don’t dislike the season itself and in fact, some of my favorite garden plants flower as the days grow shorter, temperatures drop and summer begins to lose its grip. My problem with autumn is that it precedes winter, and of winter, I am not a fan. In…
I posted some photos last night on Facebook of a “shortcut” version of traditional Bolognese that I was whipping up to use in a lasagna. So many people asked for the details, I decided it would be easier to post it here, rather than taking up so much room on my Facebook page and only…