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.

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

A gardener’s dream–to have a garden that is beautiful in every month of the year

Two magnificent new books describe the best native plants for use in the garden and how to grow them

Creating a North Country Garden that belongs in its world

A parade of beautiful flowers to celebrate spring in the garden