Gifts for Gardeners
Several years ago I was having a conversation with an actress between takes. She said she had an agreement with her husband regarding categories of gifts – they must be either – Shiny, furry or...
View ArticleLast minute gift from the garden…
Up until the second week of December, I always feel so organized…. Then, before I know it – the blues creep in and the Holidays are right here… right now! Have I forgotten someone? What if friends...
View ArticleGuerilla Gardening – Inspired
This morning a long time friend, filmmaker and Zydeco King – Michael Burke – posted this Ted Talk … “Get Ganster with your garden… let your shovel be your weapon of choice.” “If you grow a tomato your...
View ArticlePeak Behind the Garden Gates –
Garden Conservancy Gardener Cecil J. Dykes is offering us a peak behind his garden gates… Jayme B: What do you call your Garden? CJ: English Garden-Woodland Paradise. My gardens are 20 years old. When...
View ArticleThyme in Rita’s Garden…
Garden Conservancy Gardener Rita Mercer invites us to enjoy the Thyme in Rita’s Garden… Jayme B: What is your first memory in a garden? RM: My first memory was in the forest behind our house in...
View ArticleA Sanctuary of Artful Agriculture
The Garden of artist Frances Alvarino Norwood and John Norwood in Raleigh, North Carolina is a romantic sanctuary of artful agriculture and passionate sustainability. Jayme B: How long have you been...
View ArticleSpring in the Triangle – Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day
Just two weeks ago it was overcast with icy snow hitting the windshield when I went to photograph JoAnn’s Garden …. The red buds were open and a lovely swath of white crocus highlighted the walk;...
View ArticleArtful Entertaining… A peak into Peggy’s Retreat.
Strolling up the driveway, in what once had been a shade garden, under a high canopy of trees… let there be light! Sometimes Mother nature offers new opportunities for planting. This indeed this is...
View ArticleGrady Garden – A beautifully woven horticultural textile retreat…
Under the high shade of these tall pines, is the relaxing garden of Pat & Perry Grady. I love to visit a garden and sit in the chairs or benches along the way… to pause and take in the views....
View ArticleHunkering down for winter and Elephant trumpets…
The fall is upon us… the excitement of the NC State Fair, leaves blowing and swirling, critters foraging… colors now yellow instead of the pervasive green. Hits of pinks, reds and oranges – emerge...
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