If you haven't checked out Andrew Key's RadioGarden , my friend, you are missing out.  Andrew Keys wears many hats in the gardening...

Grounded Design is celebrating its one year anniversary this month.  Aren't blog years like dog years?  One blog year feels like at lea...

While I try to avoid link-posting on this blog, this interview in Garden Rant with scientist Douglas Tallamy is too good to pass.  Tallamy ...

My wife and I recently bought and moved into our house.  It is a single story 1950’s rancher that does little to combat the idea that all...

Grounded Design will be joining the Garden Designer's Roundtable as a guest blogger for this year's roundtable.  The topic will be ...

A multi-study research program has concluded that the presence of trees—particularly mature canopy trees—affects how people shop and spend...

Tom Stuart Smith's award winning garden at Chelsea Flower Show Last week I wrote a post about plants for spring 2011 that were “hot” ...

Honeymoon, noun: period of enthusiasm or goodwill. As a gardener and designer, when we moved into our first home I had mixed feelings a...

Check out today's posting on Betsy Franz's excellent site Metro DC Lawn and Garden .  I discuss some of my favorite native plants w...

Image from Tom Stuart-Smith's 2009 Chelsea Garden. The week after the Academy Awards, the internet is abuzz with fashion experts decl...

With Witchhazels in bloom and daffodil buds emerging, my spring fever is nearing its peak.   I wanted to dedicate a few blogs to plants that...