…place. —Stephanie Cavanaugh LittleBird Stephanie, when she’s not hunkered down in the slough of despond, writes about gardening hits and misses. You can read all her Green Acre columns by typing Green Acre into the Search field at the top…
…place. —Stephanie Cavanaugh LittleBird Stephanie, when she’s not hunkered down in the slough of despond, writes about gardening hits and misses. You can read all her Green Acre columns by typing Green Acre into the Search field at the top…
The old hawthorns on the boundary between the Torc Garden and Inner Garden tell a story of time, and contribute to the sense of place. / From “Grounded in the Garden.” Photo by TJ Maher. Iris x hollandica ‘Lion King’…
…be. —Stephanie Cavanaugh LittleBird Stephanie writes about gardens and the outdoor life and decorating same: “It’s crap on crap—my favorite thing!” To read Stephanie’s earlier columns, type Green Acre into the Search box at the top of the page. …
…her friends an outdoor jungle-themed disco.” Good God, no! But when the focus is on gardens, they’re firmly rooted in their element. There are excellent chapters on creating cottage gardens, night gardens, perennial gardens, water features, scented gardens, roof gardens,…
…way. But that’s another story. —Stephanie Cavanaugh Gardener Cavanaugh is writing a book on urban gardening. You can read all her earlier Green Acre columns by typing “Green Acre” in the Search box at the top right of the page….
…from Sheboygan, Wisconsin’s Bookworm Gardens (gardens inspired by children’s books), and the carnivorous plants that represent Atlanta’s Botanical Gardens—both catnip for kids; and Tucson’s exuberantly colorful Barrio Garden, which highlights the mingling of cultures in their Botanical Gardens. How magnificent…
…Inspired Garden Rooms” by Linda O’Keeffe. / Photo by Mark Ripepi. Designer Mark Ripepi calls hedges his preferred garden “structure.” Here in his upstate New York garden, pruned and notched boxwood shrubbery lends some privacy to a seating area. From…
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…in Ireland is home to artist and gardener TJ Maher. His garden is celebrated in his “Grounded in the Garden,” a garden the likes of which Mom has probably never seen. All the more reason to give her this book….
…grin. —Stephanie Cavanaugh LittleBird Stephanie really loves gardens and gardening books. You can read a year’s worth of her columns (not all at one sitting) by typing Green Acre into the Search box at the top right of the page….
…tiresome. —Stephanie Cavanaugh LittleBird Stephanie writes about her garden and the gardens of others, as the mood hits her. You can read earlier Green Acre columns by typing Green Acre in the Search box at the top of the page….
…The photo has been there for years, and as it often happens (for me) some semblance of it comes to life, eventually. In this case it’s a garden heavily shaded by a tree of some sort, beneath it are greens—ferns…
…from chair. Any garden lover would adore Flower Magazine. Every issue of this gorgeous glossy bimonthly is packed with dreamy homes and gardens, tips and tutorials—even when the garden in question is limited to the dining room table. If you…
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…in my garden. This is the bee that sleeps on the rose in my garden. These are the hollyhocks, high above the ground, . . . marigolds orange and round . . . And so forth, adding zinnias in a…
…as well to just jab about the garden. The Iyanna Market Umbrella is almost 9 feet wide and is on sale for $82.99 at Wayfair.com. It also comes in aqua, lime green and tan. In the more modestly priced, hundred-bucks-or-so…
…to putter in the garden. Cool and very wet, with brief patches of dry—perfect for a little mid-summer (already?) renovation. At this point you know what’s working in the garden and what’s not. Whatever was supposed to come up is…
…(klezmer music, anyone?) go to www.usbg.com. —Stephanie Cavanaugh LittleBird “Stephanie Gardens” sometimes wanders beyond her garden to take in botanical sights elsewhere. To read earlier columns, type Green Acre into the Search box at the top of the page. …
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…Garden at Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, Maryland. / Photo by Stephanie Cavanaugh. Another view of the Iris Garden at Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, Maryland. / Photo by Stephanie Cavanaugh. ‘WE NEED TO come back when the gardens are…
…of Paradise?” “Yeah. I like thinking I’m someplace else, the tropics, the bubbling water in the pond, it’s like being in another world. It’s so green.” Green was pretty much it this year, the kwanzan cherry has spread like a…
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