heirloom gardener

It's amazing how kids pick up vocabulary. Some friends and I were remarking how our kids' vocabularies have expanded through reading...

Hardy volunteers are a welcome gift from the garden. I have several reseeding annuals and biennials which each year enrich the garden. These...

During the winter I miss the abundance of material from the garden for floral arrangements. This winter I am enjoying the shrubs and trees i...

I was walking around my garden this weekend and I couldn't resist taking yet another picture of my Annabelle hydrangeas. As I wrote in a...

On Monday, the temperature reached 65 degrees. I could not stay inside, so I began my early season rose pruning. This is the first of severa...

For some new and inspiring winter garden photographs, check out Country Gardener ( http://countrygardener.blogspot.com/2008/02/ice-storm-th...

I have several Annabelle hydrangeas on Goldberry Hill. During the summer, their large white mopheads look great both in the garden and broug...

February is the time in my garden to prune the pee gee hydrangeas and the wisteria. I have two pee gee hydrangea standards: one along my fro...

As a follow-up to my prior post ( http://heirloomgardener.blogspot.com/2007/12/common-witchhazel-blooming-in-december.html ), this week'...

Yvonne Cunnington at Country Gardener has a beautiful picture of her Piet Oudolf Inspired Garden. She writes: "The lack of fussiness, ...

I love the plants of the American prairie. The simple forms are beautiful. They are undemanding, attract tons of butterflies, flower over a ...

I woke up early this morning before my husband and children and took a walk around the garden. It was cold and there were only a few signs o...