Are your garden pots & containers housebroken?
Flower-packed seasonal pots and new puppies have a lot in common. Both require constant attention and maintenance and can be hard on floors.
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Copper & Cedar Planter
The angular lines of a copper-clad cedar planter contrast with the loose planting style for a casual effect and a breezy beach vibe.
You'll find love and loss in a garden
Lessons from a growing season…
Cultivating relationships, responsibility, and raspberries
Our harvest celebration...
I think hope is a design decision
When the wind gets knocked from my sails and my confidence buckles, I go to my garden, pass time at the end of a hose, and clip flowers to bring indoors.
Substack is my newsstand
Digging deep into the Cultivating Color archives to create a reading list for lazy summer days...
Love Apples
and learning to let go... It was the summer of 2009 and we were getting ready to take our son off to college.
Garden features provide a comforting heart to the garden
a handmade garden — feature attractions, including both creature comforts and practical solutions that are as good looking as they are hard working.
On the Rocks
a handmade garden — from cocktail table to structural seating. Gabion baskets filled with rocks are used throughout the garden as seating, a column, and to retain soil.
My folly
A garden folly may be a fanciful outbuilding that serves as a design feature or an impetuous impulse, reckless whim or wild hair. You decide