My Garden Journal

Welcome to my garden journal, with a potpourri of ideas and inspirations for gardeners everywhere.

I write about topics that interest me personally, both as a dirt-under-the-fingernails gardener and as a practicing landscape designer, including:

– the wider landscape as it inspires my designs,

– profiles of plants that thrive in my Vermont garden,

– techniques for growing food and cooking from the garden,

– the magic of the ever-changing seasons of our New England gardens,

– inspirations gleaned from visiting great gardens, both public and private.

It’s time to ready our gardens for the new season

We all love the flowers we grow in our gardens—an … Continued

Beautiful shady garden spaces bring tranquility and gentleness to the garden

Favorite flowers that take the heat of high summer

We are now well into the third week of April … Continued

Taking our cues from the forests around us

Showy Lady’s Slippers are fascinating plants that, with careful siting, can be grown in our gardens.

Creating the Vermont Flower Show: A look behind the scenes.

The art of decorating our outdoor spaces.

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. Hal Borland