Thinking in public—about gardens, landscapes, and the decisions that shape them.
Some pieces are essays, others are observations or case studies, but all of them are grounded in practice and shaped by experience. I’m interested in how choices are made, how ideas travel, and how landscapes reflect culture, power, and responsibility over time.
This writing is for people who care not just about what things look like, but how they come to be—and what they make possible.
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By mid-July, many gardens lose their momentum. Spring’s exuberance has faded. Late-summer perennials are still gathering themselves. Foliage is doing the heavy lifting, but the overall picture can feel muted, even tired. This isn’t a failure of planting. It’s a predictable moment in the garden’s annual arc. Good design doesn’t panic (or give up!) here. […]
Stop thinking of mulch as just bark or wood chips, and strike from your brain any suggestion of mulching with rubber crumbles other synthetic trash. Restore your soil by mulching your plants with compost or cut grass and learn how to grow your soil so that in turn, it will grow your plants.
Some of the vegetables that deliver the greatest return in a home garden are also the easiest to grow. That may feel counterintuitive, but it makes a certain kind of sense once you start paying attention to space, speed, and repeat harvests. Years ago, The Cheap Vegetable Gardener crunched the numbers by comparing two things: […]
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This year, I’m finally confident enough in my garden to admit something out loud:I think my rhubarb is established. Which means I can now reasonably justify trying to force it. Forced rhubarb, for the uninitiated, is harvested earlier than usual and prized for being sweeter, more tender, and almost jewel-toned in color. Grown without light, […]
Over the years, I’ve come to understand that many of the frustrations people feel around gardens—whether as designers, clients, or homeowners—don’t actually stem from plants, budgets, or even design disagreements. They come from a quieter mismatch. One that often goes unnamed. Some people want a landscape.Others want a garden. These are not the same thing. […]
Given current events—and the way my mind tends to work—I found myself typing “Egyptian gardens” into Google one morning, curious about what might surface beyond the familiar images of temples and monuments. What I discovered was something I hadn’t fully appreciated before: ancient Egyptian gardens represent one of the earliest known traditions of intentional landscape […]
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