I'm a former rocket scientist turned garden designer (on TV and IRL).
Yes, seriously.
I'm also an author, entrepreneur and activist who thinks she can help save the planet (and make it a whole lot prettier) by teaching everyone a little something about landscape design.
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As I put together my ‘Spanish Blue Dancer inspired garden moodboard, I came across, again and again, the Jardin du Majorelle in Marrakesh. My wanderlust has been calling to me from Morocco (and India, too) for some time, so I was happily obliged to further explore the blue garden. Care to join me for a little […]
Oh Matt Mattus where have you been all my life? I need more Plant Society Magazine! Hmmm….well, it looks like Matt is just down the road (In Worcester, MA)**- we are literally neighbors!…go figure. For all my lamenting about stuck-in-old-ways-new-englanders with their overused-rhododenron-loving-ways, you can color me surprised to find that the beautiful magazine ‘Plant […]
It is mid-November in Maine, and it has been nice to be out in the gardens this fall. Once we get everything cleaned up from the growing season, we can see the holes in the designs. And, you know, wherever there are holes, means that we need to get in new plants. Yes! Itsaul plants […]
The frost has knocked back most of our annuals and perennials here in coastal Maine (USDA zone 6a), but a few really stood up longer than we had expected. This year was odd because even though we waited until late October to change our seasonal beds, we had to remove some annuals that still looked […]
I cannot rave enough about the annual sage called Salvia ‘Mulberry Jam.’ (I refer to it as annual since it is only hardy to zone 8 and we are in New England – it might be perennial for you). We planted several small plants in the gardens at CMBG in mid-May. Since that time, we […]
It goes with the territory that I get to try out lots of new plants. Most are nice – but if they can’t pass muster, then they don’t stand a chance of getting a write-up here. There were however three that outshined all other this year – Diervilla ‘Kodiak Orange, Angelonia angelface ‘perfectly pink’ and […]
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