Landscape designers and homeowners are often faced with solving design problems with difficult constraints in compact urban gardens. At times we need to solve screening problems or ...
November 05, 2025 Continuing with my sneak peek of the November 8th Garden Conservancy tour in Travis County — today I’ll show you the garden called Artist’s Eclectic Eden. Quick side notes: ...
November 07, 2025 Continuing with my sneak peek of tomorrow’s Garden Conservancy tour in Travis County — just under the wire! — today I’ll show you the Canyon Vista garden. Quick side notes: ...
April 25, 2025 Spring is when I get invited — or invite myself — into gardens all around Austin. It’s a rush to see as many as I can before summer and the Death Star arrive. Right now though, ...
April 22, 2025 Last week I invited myself to Kay Angermann and Julie Nelson’s utterly charming Katie Bird Farm, their home garden on 3 acres in southwest Austin. I love everything about their ...
March 31, 2025 When it goes, it goes. Ka-boom! An explosion of orange trailing along the coyote fence. ‘Tangerine Beauty’ crossvine is one of my favorite vines for spring color. It’s ...
April 03, 2025 When April’s roses unfurl their soft petals, Lucinda Hutson whips up a batch of Purple Passion cocktails (dry gin, fresh lemon juice, and crème de violette liqueur), assembles ...
April 14, 2025 Last week, I hopped over to Ruthie Burrus’s garden in the Rollingwood neighborhood for a spring visit. Ruthie kindly opened her garden to me and my out-of-town guest Lisa Negri ...
