Nan with her two alpacas, Duncan and Daniel. Photo by Rob Cardillo, used with permission.
Yesterday I reviewed Fallscaping by Stephanie Cohen and Nancy Ondra. Knowing Nan is a fellow garden blogger, I thought it would be interesting to learn more about her as a writer and gardener.
This is your second book co-authored with Stephanie Cohen. […]
Categories: Interviews
Keywords: nancy ondra
Inspiring Ideas and Photos Take the Autumn Garden to the Next Level
I’d read several books by Piet Oudolf and by Wolfgang Oehme, but I never really “got” the fall garden until I read Fallscaping, by Nancy Ondra and Stephanie Cohen. Somehow those two American women made gardening in the fall accessible to me in a […]
Categories: Book reviews · Design
Keywords: autumn · foliage · garden design · nancy ondra · ornamental grasses · plant combinations · stephanie cohen
I have long fantasized having a substantial arbor dripping with roses. Ignoring the fact that there aren’t too many repeat-blooming climbers hardy enough to take my climate, I realize with dismay that my most favored place to site an arbor turns out to be on a slope every time I leave my dream world and […]
Categories: Design
Keywords: garden bloggers design workshop · garden design · secret garden
Just about half a year ago, I was lamenting the loss of my favorite pink peony poppy. Thanks to one of my readers, I learned that these beauties are being sold on eBay. EBay! I had known that seeds and plants were sold on eBay, but had never thought to look myself.
Julie Calhoun and the […]
Categories: Seeds and Seed Starting
Just in case you’ve been hibernating and only now have begun to amble around the garden blog community, the Austin garden bloggers are organizing a meet-up for April 5, 2008. It will be a chance to solidify the friendships that have formed over the internet, enjoying some great gardens and Texas hospitality.
As I understand it, […]
Categories: Events
Keywords: garden events · spring fling
I did not go outside to look for blooms today. Today looks like this:
Last Friday, on the 11th, it looked like this:
Categories: Miscellaneous
Keywords: bloom dates · bloom records
“Test your knowledge of books set in, or inspired by, gardens. All the books are listed on the EnCompass database, so you could do a bit of clever searching to find the answers!” I only knew one answer without searching the database. I hadn’t even heard of most of the authors or titles. How about […]
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