Join us in Provence and Cote D’Azur! September 20-October 1, 2013 www.troybmarden.com For more information, email tbmgardens@gmail.com Sept. 20 Fly to France (Nice) Sept. 21 After landing in Nice, we will meet our private coach for the trip to Villa Ephrussi Rothschild for lunch, and a tour of the garden and Villa. http://www.villa-ephrussi.com/en/home …
Ever wonder what to do with those leftover pumpkins from the fall display on the front porch that seemed like such a good idea at the time? As long as they are still firm and fresh and haven’t turned to mush (this obviously doesn’t apply to the ones you carved for Halloween and…
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…
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…
Greetings Everyone! I know you thought I had disappeared for good, but I promise I haven’t. Late summer and fall were incredibly busy and I was on the road–almost continuously, it seemed–from the third week in July, when I went to Portland for the annual Perennial Plant Association Symposium, until mid-November, when I had my…
It has been a banner week at the Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville. As I reported a few days ago, we began early last Sunday morning setting up and preparing for this year’s show. The installation of this year’s garden went along quite smoothly and I think we all felt we were pretty well…
Hello, everyone! And happy 2010! A few of you have noticed that I took a brief hiatus from blogging and I appreciate the emails and messages from people wondering if I was okay or if something had happened. The only things that “happened” were the crazy holidays and a somewhat protracted bout with a rather nasty upper…