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…
On Friday, we loaded up the van and took the Volunteer Gardener (www.volunteergardener.org) television cameras down to Jackson, TN to visit my friend (and the horticulturist for UT’s West Tennessee Research Station at Jackson) Jason Reeves. I’ve mentioned him before and I think I blogged about last year’s pumpkin display, too. Talent beyond measure! This…
As part of last week’s garden tours at the annual Garden Writers Association symposium we had the distinct pleasure of visiting Montrose, the well-known garden and nursery of plantswoman Nancy Goodwin. It was my first visit and I have to say, the garden was nothing short of stunning. Nancy has been responsible for introducing some…
A star-studded turnout for Nashville’s new rose garden. On September 29, 2009 a group of honorees, friends and special guests gathered in downtown Nashville to dedicate Nashville’s newest public garden space, the Nashville Music Garden. I’ve given you most of the specifics in earlier posts, but thought I’d share some photos from dedication day. I…
the Garden Writers conference in Raleigh, North Carolina! What a fun week we’ve had so far! There are only a couple of times a year when I get to become completely immersed in my plant nerdiness for a few days at a time and with people who absolutely, completely and totally “get it”–because they’re plant…
What crazy weather we’re having for this time of year! I’m not complaining, because it sure is wonderful here, but my friends in the Pacific Northwest are having a recordbreaking heatwave. My real reason for posting is to remind everyone in the middle Tennessee area that my interview with Barbara Mandrell about the new Nashville…