I'm a former rocket scientist turned garden designer (on TV and IRL).
Yes, seriously.
I'm also an author, entrepreneur and activist who thinks she can help save the planet (and make it a whole lot prettier) by teaching everyone a little something about landscape design.
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It took me a while, but happily, I found an interesting specimen tree that is native to only one state, in this case Florida. Gumbo-limbo (Bursera simaruba) is a beautiful tree that is native not just to South Florida but to Caribbean islands and Central and South America. It is often referred to as […]
As a container gardener who doesn’t typically partake of the thriller filler spiller mantra, I never the less LOVE THIS COMBO. Muehlenbeckia, Dark Burgundy Petunias and what is that little white flower? (it kinda looks like Erigéron karvinskianus but not quite – I am desperate to know. And these cornucopia baskets hung with plain chain is […]
Scrolling through Pinterest the other day, I stumbled across an image that stopped me in my tracks. It was the Hundertwasser House in Vienna, Austria—a colorful, organic-looking building unlike anything I’d seen before. Naturally, I had to dive deeper into the life and work of the man behind this masterpiece: architect and artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. […]
When my wife and I first started dating 16 years ago, she let me in on a secret: her dream car was a fire-engine red Saab convertible. A bold choice, right? Fast forward through four kids, four cats, two dogs, and countless car seats, and that dream stayed alive—even while she drove minivans, SUVs, and […]
What Is a Rain Garden? A rain garden is like a natural in-ground sponge—an intentional, low-maintenance planting designed to manage rainwater runoff. The idea is to retain as much water as possible – surface water goes in – and much less of it comes out. It is usually created with a shallow depression, strategically placed […]
I have lived in Maine for about a month now. A lot of folks told me that it would be different. It is different. Growing up in North Carolina and spending the past 8 years in Pennsylvania were quite a bit different than life along the coast of Maine. As a part of adjusting to […]
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