Everything just looks better bathed in that soft, golden glow.
Archive for category: a peaceable garden
Gardening can really drive you crazy sometimes. *sigh*
These attractive perennials now play an important role in many of my planting designs.
Around mid-March, my friends start saying, “Your garden must be looking beautiful by now!” Actually, no....
Spring is unusually early here – about three weeks ahead of schedule. Normally, I’m not a fan of a...
I always have mixed feelings as the first real freeze approaches.
Up Close and Personal
a peaceable garden, garden photography, hibiscus coccineus, hibiscus lady baltimore, rudbeckia henry eilersHow a dear friend taught me that a great picture of just one blossom can capture the feeling of...
Why I stroll through English gardens with a hanky in hand
Resilient Plant Strategies: Part Two
a peaceable garden, gardening in extreme weather, low maintenance gardening, low maintenance perennials, resilient gardens, resilient plants, weather resilient gardeningAs promised, here are three more strategies for selecting plants that can handle our increasingly erratic weather.
Doing the Continental
a peaceable garden, gardening in extreme weather, low maintenance gardening, plants and false spring, resilient gardens, resilient plantsOur erratic weather has me looking to the heartland for resilient plants.









