“Cutting an Edge” is a term I use daily in maintenance and installation to describe how we give definition to garden beds. It is the task with the biggest return on making a garden look well tended. Architecturally, cutting an edge is also what leads the eye through the garden. The clear line of the […]
Instead of cutting an unwanted tree to the ground, you can girdle the tree near the bottom, cut off the top canopy and have your own little feeding ground of bugs for our fine feathered friends.
Although you may not want this bird treat front and […]
In January and early February, I drive by crews of landscapers bundled up in the cold, weed eaters spiting out gas fumes and roaring as blades whack down evergreen lirope and ornamental grasses. Areas that had thick green foliage are reduced to dirt or thin mulch. Graceful grouping […]
While walking my pup after the last snow, I was amazed to see some perennials that I thought had died back in the winter, popping up and looking the same as they had in the fall. I attribute this to the fact that we have not had a lot of drying winds to cope with, […]
When doing designs this time of year client’s get stuck on wanting evergreen- everywhere. An argument that I make is that much of the strength of gardens is what it gives you in structure this time of year. If your garden looks great in the winter it looks great all year long.
[…]