Perennials and grasses can play a surprising role in enhancing the winter landscape.
Archive for category: a peaceable garden
Fifty Shades of Brown
a peaceable garden, gardens in winter, perennial gardening, winter interest in perennial gardensA dormant perennial garden can be a work of art in winter.
Variety and Unity
a peaceable garden, garden design principles, landscape design principles, variety and unity design principlesCall it post-election musings, but I’ve been thinking a lot about unity and variety, two essential principles of landscape...
The transition to fall allows the garden -- and the gardener -- to finally relax.
Drama Queens Are Welcome: Part 2
a peaceable garden, dramatic perennials, english flower borders, low maintenance gardening, low maintenance perennials, perennial gardeningFeaturing the top 5 plants that have added some real pizzazz to my narrow perennial beds
Drama Queens Are Welcome: Part 1
a peaceable garden, dramatic plants, english flower borders, low maintenance gardening, perennial gardeningEven a small garden can use some large, striking plants to catch the eye and create some visual intrigue.
Fretting and Sweating and Squinting and Drinking
a peaceable garden, beginner gardeners, entertaining in the garden, garden party"Garden Party." No two words strike more terror in a gardener's heart if you happen to be the...
The Last Boomer in the Woods?
a peaceable garden, aging in place, aging in place landscape, gardens for aging in place, growing in place, why gardenIf we really think it's so important for kids to interact with nature, we have to interact with nature...
The Cedars of Downton
a peaceable garden, aging in place design, aging in place landscape, cedars of downtown abbey, gardens for aging in placeHow the beauty of some ancient trees inspired my first post about landscape design for aging in place
How Wild Is Too Wild?
a peaceable garden, fractal patterns, fractal preferences, fractals, fractals and landscape design, fractals in nature, naturalistic gardens, naturalistic planting designCould fractal pattern research help guide the design of naturalistic gardens and landscapes?









