by Carol | Feb 11, 2012 | Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, Winter Gardening
Don’t miss seeing the bare stems of witch hazel come alive with bright yellow or red orange flowers. I stopped en route to The Oregon Garden last Saturday to take photos of a field of flowering witch-hazel. I could feel the dozens of hummingbirds working these...
by Carol | Jan 14, 2012 | Garden Tips
Check out the Oregonians Best of 2011 which showcases me and Landscape Design in a Day. The article talks about how today’s landscape and garden designers do it all…….a carefully conceived plan just has to encompass layout of hardscape and plant...
by Carol | Dec 27, 2011 | Garden Tips
I love to work with stone. Placing boulders in a hillside rockery, selecting patio flagstone for a patio, or creating a pathway that weaves through the lawn……..stone anchors the design and brings nature to our doorstep. Flagstone versus stepping stone=No...
by Carol | Dec 16, 2011 | Garden Tips
We probably won’t plant a tree this big at your house, but sometimes a really big tree is the answer. If it is, we can do it! The most important thing is to select the right tree. The next is to have it planted by someone else!
by Carol | Dec 9, 2011 | Garden Tips, Winter Gardening
Slug Love Here come Paul and Mary kissing in a tree, K I S S I N G……………Well, slug love is like most other kinds of love and produces little slugs sooner rather than later. Right now they are curling up under your fallen leaves making...
by Carol | Dec 5, 2011 | Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, Winter Gardening
Buyer Beware! Watch out for fall discount plants at nurseries or garden stores. When you select plants on the leftover table at nurseries you are running some risks. The top of the pot will be chock full of weed seeds and the roots may well harbor larvae of...
