Are you an early spring indoor seed starter? I am not. Not that I wouldn’t like to be, but frankly I just don’t have the patience for the shenanigans I have to go through to do it successfully. I always get leggy, cat chewed, weaklings that seem highly un-worth the fact that I literally have […]

It is fall in New England, harvest time. Make sure you prepare your Sacred Rosemary Syrup before it freezes! Or otherwise, bring your rosemary plants indoors – they will grow in a sunny window. Well actuall, in my experience, it will grow for a little while then it will get leggy and stressed by spring. […]

I am intrigued by the desire to build vacation places where conditions are considered unmelcoming. Is this, by necessity, the wave of the future? Have you seen the new Bond film? (me neither) They blow up the ESO hotel.  The ESO is primarily used to house scientists working at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.  Conditions […]

Are you fascinated by the unique, the exotic, the strikingly different? I love discovering and exploring new things, so Plantwerkz, a blog created to catalog all architecturally interesting plants, is fun place for me to visit. When I travel, I always notice the plants around me and the differences from what is familiar to me. […]

How is summer treating you? Are you enjoying criss-crossing the globe with my designer friends? I certainly am….Douglas Owens- Pike designs gardens in Minnesota, and is the man behind Energyscapes, the blog and the business. Here is a little more about Douglas: I grew up in small town in southern WI.  Our home was built […]

Alright, If you have been reading here for at least a year, perhaps you are already expecting this post.  Yes, it is the I’m so annoyed at the the Christmas Tree Market, and I am going to Extrapolate that into a Bigger Statement about Design post. Here goes. Starting with the positive, I got my […]

How on earth did that small arborvitae I planted in front of the house get so huge? It happens all the time. Either a previous owner, or maybe it was you, planted something that was tiny when it was new, but over the years it has slowly turned into a hulking monster. It can be […]

For many states, Arbor Day is the last Friday of April. But Plant a Tree Day is typically in late September. Due to climate differences, many places host an annual tree planting day at other times of the year. (Southern States, California, and New Mexico). If you are in the tropics, tree planting days usually […]

In the world of trees, there’s a modern-day Johnny Appleseed whose mission goes beyond planting apple orchards. His name is David Milarch, a man with a remarkable vision and an even more extraordinary mission. To resurrect the giants of the forest, the ancient trees that have witnessed centuries of history. Through the Archangel Ancient Tree […]