by Carol | May 4, 2016 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Parking Strips, Plants I Recommend
“My garden adventures with Carol, Design in a Day, began in 2010. Carol took my “mismatched” garden and pulled it together by incorporating a variety of plants which added interesting leaf shapes, texture, and color. With the addition of stone...
by Carol | Feb 17, 2016 | Easy Edibles, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend
I found this story about rhubarb and a family’s history in my vacation house kitchen cupboard. It was left behind by friends using the house. I enjoyed reading it and learned it’s a part of a series written by Chrissy Lavielle to pass down her...
by Carol | Jan 20, 2016 | Design Basics, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Winter Gardening
The Right Dwarf Mugo Pine Can Be the Perfect Addition to Your Low Maintenance Landscape For success in the landscape (which I define as “right plant right place”), it’s important to get the exact plant specified by your designer. Early in my career I...
by Carol | Jan 5, 2016 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants
If you love Hellebores (like I do) don’t miss this open garden. The O’Byrne family designs Hellebores and have an international following. Marietta and Ernie are rock stars in the garden design world. Their Hellebores will dazzle you with color and...
by Carol | Nov 4, 2015 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Gardening Green, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Winter Gardening
Add to Your Drought Tolerant Landscape Design I’m excited about these new plants for Portland gardens. Many of us are familiar with California Lilac and its blue flowers. Beloved by bees, including our endangered native bumble bees, it’s also a host...
by Carol | Oct 7, 2015 | Fall Gardening, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Summer Garden Tips
Summer Heather – Perfect for year round color Summer flowering heather can be easy care I use heather at my vacation house because it’s so easy. I’m there once a month, have no irrigation system and I have hungry deer. It’s got to be a tough...
