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Another garden tour slide talk coming up on 3/9 🌿 Monticello and Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, both with restored landscapes that continue to teach and inspire. Jefferson’s vegetable garden provides food for the visitor cafe at Monticello

Yellow was chosen for @pantone Color of the Year 2021... Pantone 13-0647 Illuminating is warming and optimistic, described as “something sunny and friendly.” Well yes, we’ll applaud that choice given the year we’ve had 🙌 and

Copse: defined as a thicket, a grove, or a small clump of trees. It’s not a term much used anymore but for the great plantsman Frederick Law Olmstead, who envisioned @shelburnefarms, these were important features to break up the rolling fields

First day of winter ❄️ #solstice #vermont #landscapephotography #getoutside #upnorth

More Paris... the impressive apiary in Luxembourg Gardens is a little hidden from view, sited well away from paths and open public thoroughfares, perhaps for good reason as the honeybees were intense. Copper roofed frames, a charming pavilion stacked

I love visiting Paris and its gardens and I know they’ve been a refuge for city dwellers during the Covid shutdown so I’m thrilled to offer another slide talk on 12/8 through @accesscvu on Gardens of Paris featuring some of my favorite sp

Bulb update - finally got the last tulips in the ground, mostly single late season types but couldn’t resist the gaudy parrots ⭐️ These are yellow tulips which I’m proud to grow in solidarity with a nonprofit promoting mental health aware

Designing with violet for a client who wants good cut flowers, plants that attract bees, and bring an overall sense of calm: delphinium, columbine, Blue Fortune agastache, and the incredibly long blooming Russian sage are all great choices in this co

One of the best reds for fall, Rhus aromatica Gro-Low is a dwarf spreading form of a native shrub, growing 2’ high. Use it to stabilize a slope to prevent erosion or when a low shrub cover is needed. During summer it’s unremarkable but o

Thanks @accesscvu for sponsoring this online class tommorow night, I love sharing travel photos of great public gardens and what I found in Granada, Seville and Madrid was so inspiring, layers of history, vaulted archways, courtyards, and so many fou

Touring gardens and parks in Spain it’s impossible not to fall in love with all the hand painted tile surrounding fountains, on benches, even on stairs (last image), adding ornamentation to sun baked landscapes... see more in my webinar on 10/2

FABULOUS FOLIAGE: a look at landscape plants with outstanding leaves that provide structure, add texture and scent, and create a sense of place. Fall is a great time to rethink your garden, rearrange, or plan ahead. Offered through @accesscvu, visit

Five minutes to cut stems, strip leaves, fill a vase with water, and assemble 🥰 What takes time is ordering zinnia seeds and dahlia tubers (or overwintering in cool storage), planting and growing while patiently waiting for flowers to bloom. But whe

SUNFLOWERS... they’re the ultimate summer flower 🌻Found these Teddy Bear types today @unityfarmvt and combined with a couple stems of Sundancer which I grew from seed from @reneesgardenseeds. I like the combination, what do you think? #sunflow

Neighbors have been commenting on the tall yellow brown-eyed Susan: Rudbeckia Indian Summer, combined with phlox Nikky, Tangerine Gem marigold, Becky daisy, catmint, and an agastache coming on inside the veggie garden fence. Love the cottage garden s

Lupines last week. I love how they jumble together, a soft riot of spikes that come up around the time that peonies start to open. They’re true cottage flowers full of charm and intrigue and a great cut flower. These are in a bed I’m rede

Summer bounty from @unityfarmvt - snapdragons, stock, and mint with lady’s mantle added from my home garden... looks like a raspberry sundae and smells divine. Thanks to the hardworking ladies who grew these from seed or plugs, tended and broug

Honorine Jobert, a white Japanese anemone that blooms late summer with airy wands that reach up to 48” commonly called windflower. Named Perennial Plant of the Year in 2016, beneficial for pollinators, doesn’t spread aggressively like som

New England at its best: masses of purple along roadsides, around farms and country lanes, overloading our senses with sweet fragrance #vermontlife #flowers

Thank you @johnscheepersbeautyfrombulbs for making my spring full of color. Let the season begin! 🌸 #patiotime #tulips

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