Oct 31, 2014 | Love This!
Accentuate it! That’s what my mother, a retired interior designer, used to say. In other words, there are some things that are best “hidden” by calling attention to the area in some way. Do you have a bare spot in the garden? Put a brightly colored...
Oct 25, 2014 | Love This!
Cape Cod Non-Profits; Wouldn’t it be great if your non-profit held a fundraiser that was promoted far beyond the Cape by professional marketers? Would you like your group to be making money, building other non-profits and businesses, all while celebrating beautiful...
Oct 25, 2014 | Love This!
Name: Hydrangea macrophylla ‘PllHM-l’ (doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue, does it?) luckily, it’s aka Hydrangea Twist-n-Shout Type of Plant: This is my favorite hydrangea from the Endless Summer series of plants. It is a big-leaf lacecap hydrangea, a...
Oct 18, 2014 | Love This!
Name: Tuscan Kale – aka Lacinato kale, dinosaur kale, and Brassica oleracea Type of Plant: One of the longest producing vegetables for the garden. Why I love this: Kale has been a hot vegetable lately, and with good reason since it’s so jam-packed with nutrients....
Oct 11, 2014 | Love This!
Name: Aster oblongifolius (syn. Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ Type of Plant: A late-fall flowering perennial that grows 2 to 3 feet tall and becomes covered with lavender-blue flowers in October. Hardy in zones 3 to 8. Grow this perennial in full...
Oct 10, 2014 | Love This!
One thing I love about speaking to garden clubs is looking at the displays of flowers that are often at the meetings. I love how the collection of different clear vases and bottles, each holding a single flower or leaf, combine to make an abridged garden. Such...
