Yep, the topic of trellises and screens certainly didn’t strike the same chord as last month’s garden whimsy. But that’s okay: We still have a fair number of posts for this month’s Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop, so the info will be here if any of you decide in future that you need to block an [...]
Ok, so maybe they’re not as much fun as garden whimsy, but for those of us who need to create privacy, block an ugly view, add height to our garden, or support a favorite climber, trellises and screens are invaluable design features. Some are purely practical, but there’s a lot of potential for creativity here [...]
My fellow garden bloggers, I stand in awe of your collective whimsicality. I mean, I know you’re not a boring bunch, but really, I’m floored by your enthusiastic response to this month’s Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop topic. It’s been a real treat to see how each of you ran with the theme and put your [...]
Nan’s subject for the Garden Design Workshop this month has proven to be a bit of a challenge for me: I think I probably have little or close to nothing in my garden that would conventionally be labeled whimsical. But I am drawn to faces in the garden and have randomly picked up a few over the years which have ended up in [...]
What’s your most valuable gardening tool? A favorite hoe? A treasured soil knife? A high-quality pair of pruning shears? All of these are handy, but really, one of the most important tools that any gardener can have is a good sense of humor. Start taking yourself or your garden too seriously, and it’s almost guaranteed that [...]