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.

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

A delightful morning in the greenhouse at Middlebury’s Parent Child Center