Vertical garden made from recycled grocery store pallets
The future of gardening is looking up! Vertical gardens are becoming a growing trend as savvy gardeners look to maximize small spaces. And modern tools and techniques are making these structures easier than ever to install and maintain. These days, many of my clients are adding green walls to their homes and reaping their benefits all year long. Continue reading
The San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, now in its 30th year, just wrapped up another outstanding exhibition last weekend at the San Mateo Event Center. This year’s show featured large-scale garden installations by top landscape designers, hundreds of individual plant and floral displays and over 200 exhibitors demonstrating the newest in gardening gear, green horticulture and art for the garden. Continue reading
This weekend I visited the United States Botanic Garden (USBG) where I stumbled upon an unusual exhibit. Appropriately titled, Exposed: The Secret Life of Roots, it featured a gigantic double-sided wall on which hung dozens of dried grasses. The surprising element wasn’t the plants, though. Rather, it was the enormous carrot-shaped roots that extended below them in long, wheat-colored coils. Continue reading
Pennsylvania’s Longwood Gardens never ceases to amaze with its grand horticultural displays and this year has been no exception. And this winter, the famed Conservatory had yet one more surprise up its sleeve. In November, it received the prize for America’s Best Restroom.
“We are so pleased to win,” said Longwood’s chief marketing officer, Marnie Conley. “Longwood Gardens is about beautiful horticulture, being a good steward to our environment, and providing an extraordinary experience for our more than one million guests each year.” Continue reading
