Stick around a day. It’ll change! The weather roller coaster continues to whip us around wildly here in Tennessee. Late last week we had some of the most glorious spring weather we’ve seen all season–and today?–SNOW (perhaps). Right now it’s a warm and toasty 39 degrees and the rain is falling steadily. It doesn’t get…
Tsk, tsk! I’ve been bad. My week has been a little crazy for a number of reasons and so I have not posted the way I promised I would. So tonight you’re getting two! First, the garden update. Things are coming along, I have to say. We spent about 5 1/2 hours out in the…
Good morning! It’s about 1:45 a.m. on Friday the 13th and I’m blogging to you live from Memphis, TN! I spoke to the Hosta Society here tonight and promised that I would post a list of sources for some of the plants that were included in my talk. I figured that while I’m doing that,…
It appears that March is going to live up to its reputation and come in like a lion. I left the house yesterday morning without a jacket, since it was 67 degrees at 8 a.m., and by 4:00 yesterday afternoon it was in the 40’s and I was wishing I hadn’t made that oversight. Apparently,…
Just a brief note to let everyone know about an article that has just been published in the March 2009 issue of Garden Design magazine. This is a project that features ornamental grasses being used in containers that I worked on last summer with my friend Jenny Andrews, who is the features editor at the…
Well, I finally got out in the garden for a few hours yesterday afternoon. The oak leaves were still piled in the front beds where they fell late last fall and I had allowed them to stay for the purpose of offering winter protection to a fair number of newly planted perennials. They’re cleaned up…
Hey everyone! Sorry it has been a few days since there was a new post. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in the Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville for the past week. After working on the show in various capacities for nearly 15 years, I had officially “retired” and was looking forward to a…
Just a quick note to everyone about a couple of new features on the blog! You can now subscribe to the blog via email! I know there have been some folks who have been unable to subscribe through the other methods, so I’m trying something new that is offered through “FeedBurner”. I’d love it if…
Well, the past few weeks have truly been a whirlwind. I was in Philadelphia for a few days for the annual symposium of the Perennial Plant Association–something I do almost every summer. It was great to see old friends and make new acquaintances. I shot nearly 400 photos a day for four days, so I…
Can you believe it’s already August??? I keep promising to post more regularly and little things like packing hundreds of boxes and taking four truckloads of stuff (one entire truckload of nothing but plants!) to a new house keep getting in the way! The good news: It’s FINALLY done! Done! Well, almost done. I still…