I'm a big fan of graphic design.  Good graphic designers are alchemists.  Smart use of font, illustration, and design can transform ...

I’ve been thinking about texture lately.   Texture is one of those generic garden topics like “color” that every garden book dedicates...

How do I pick my favorite gas stations?  Lowest prices? Nope, it's the plants, of course.  Here is a great gas station on the corner of...

Gardens are Frivolous: So go outside and get silly. Readers of this blog know that I am endlessly fascinated by planting design in all...

Why mastering this high maintenance style will make you a better gardener. The British perennial border has been out of vogue in the...

Last year, my wife and I began smothering large sections of lawn in the house we moved into. We decided to create two very different ga...

My spring mania is finally tempering, and fortunately, I did not hurt anyone in a plant-induced craze. Except my wallet, of course. My...

I'm pumped about attending this year's annual LAHR Symposium hosted by the U.S. National Arboretum.  I will be speaking on "...

It happens every year about this time. The soil warms and roots begin to stir. The slant of light from my window grows a bit longer. A...

For readers in the Washington, D.C. metro area, there will be several opportunities to hear me speak about topics related to my blog posts....

Garden design magazines and blogs dedicate a lot of space to answering the questions "how" and "what" to plant.  ...