Exhibitions & Events

Compost Aerators, Bamboo Gloves & Tall Cloches

If you are anything like me, your compost heap is a work in progress.  It is an effort in pure do-gooder hopefulness.  Mine has been active and getting larger for probably 4 years, but since I have never turned it and I have never tried to take anything from beneath the new stuff that gets [...]

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Garden Gallery: Trailfinders Australian Garden presented by Fleming’s – Best Show – 2013 RHS Chelsea Flower Show

The medals have been posted for the 2013 Chelsea Flower Show.  There are lots of great gardens to share, but I am going to start with those that won best in show for their category. The Aussie team behind the Trailfinders Australian Garden presented by Fleming’s has been awarded Best in Show. I can only imagine [...]

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Chelsea Flower Show Week

It’s Chelsea time! I’m so excited to be pulling together a week full of coverage.  I’m not able to be there in England this year, but that isn’t going to slow the steady stream of inspiration that I plan to bring you from the show.  So fasten your seat belts and get ready, Chelsea Flower [...]

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Cicada Summer Coming

I’ve got a little theme going today.  It’s about Cicada’s and all things related…. I read an interesting article on the NPR website over the weekend about how the Cicadas are coming to the East Coast this summer.  Scientists are looking to crowdsource information about their emergence and you can help by building your own cicada sensor. Cicada emergence [...]

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Flowery Art Installation

I am in one of those moods today. You know the mood we all sometimes get into where you feel like you should pre-warn every single person you come in contact with that you might at some point feel compelled to bite their heads off? That is me today — and I hate it. But [...]

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Trend Alert: Spring Fever Has Arrived

You how google has that tool where based on web searches they can pretty accurately predict flu outbreaks? I’ve got one of those too….it is the site. Now that it has happened every year for the last 4 years I feel like I can trust what is happening… Right around this time of year (though [...]

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Leaf Magazine Spring 2013 is Here!

Good Morning! Open publication – Free publishing – More garden design Except for a brief break to help my husband replace a post in our post and beam barn…this was the prime focus of this weekend (Leaf Spring 2013 is live as of 6:45 this morning!). I hope you enjoy it and share it with [...]

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