Over 2 months ago, I received a notice about the Gold Awards given to 4 landscape designers/ and or design companies for this year’s American Professional Landscape Designer (APLD) Awards. As I perused over the names and projects, my eyes were drawn to: Charles Hess, Lansdale, PA, won THREE Gold awards, two in the Residential[...]
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An Allium for Every Garden
Having a perennial garden that blooms from spring to fall is every gardener’s dream, but having continuous color can be a lifetime challenge for even the experienced gardener. One of the most difficult bloom time gaps in the parade of flowers is often in late spring, after tulips dropped their petals and peonies are at[...]
How to Unearth Your Creative And Wild Roots to Design the Garden of Your Dreams
I’m trying something a bit different on today’s post. I’ve created a power point video explaining the transformation of my Bryn Mawr, Pa. garden over the period of 10 years. I hope you enjoy!! If you decide to take advantage of the book and course giveaway, I’d appreciate it if, after reading the book, if[...]
A Creative Journey: Discovering What You Like, Dislike, and Really Desire
“To perceive freshly, with fresh senses, is to be inspired.” ~ Henry David Thoreau I spoke in my last post of going on a creative journey to discover my garden that has yet to show its face. I asked you to join along and participate in creating something that you deeply desire (it, of[...]
A Creative Journey: Imagining My Dream Garden
Something major happened in my life this past March. It was so painful for me to discuss that I’ve not spoken about it in the gardening world until now. I left my rooftop gardening that I had tended to for the past 6 years in Tel Aviv and am now living in an apartment, that[...]