July Garden 🪏 Project updates and mini tour #garden #gardentour

A quiet walkabout of my Z6 garden in central MA on a gorgeous day

Sun or part shade this native bee balm performs like a champ! Monarda bradburiana z5-8

Roses and clematis in the June garden Z6

Flags and my phone: using non gardening tools to make gardening easier PLUS some great plants to see

The lilacs, azaleas and rhodies are looking fantastic, a little sun drenched tour of the garden

Hydrangea pruning in late May in z5/6 garden

Easy DIY fire bowl using a tiki torch

Late October the garden goes out in a blaze of glorious color

A peek at our Fall foliage and a few garden chores

Cutting and layering for free shrubs by next spring

Growing Morning Glories indoors for the winter

An unusual addition to the woodland garden that is as enchanting as I hoped it would be

A salvia for shade???? Yes,please!

The perfect Fall morning in the garden

Early Fall container plants

Fall interest in the garden :Berries , fruit and seed head edition

The most random garden day (scale, peach harvest, and a few great plants

Project complete!! So excited to watch this garden grow into its new look

Little Bluestem: a great team player in the garden

Quick jaunt around the gardens , time for peaches and raspberries

Part 2 of 3 : transforming a tired old garden into a four season charmer

Transformation of an old and tired garden Part 1

Troubleshooting the Midwinter Fire Dogwoods (Cornus sanguinea )

Gardening with sedums: so many great ways to use this versatile plant!

The garden in mid August

The Garden Confessional : I miss my trumpet vines!!

Summersweet: A fantastically fragrant native shrub for almost any garden CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA

Schizophragma hydrangeoides ‘Moonlight’ (hydrangea hydrangeoides ) a GREaT groundcover for the shade

Between two fatshederas : a mini makeover of a space that felt lonely without plants

The return of the Casa Blanca lilies after control of red lily leaf beetle

The Garden Confessional:Japanese maple edition

July garden highlights including two clematis to put on your “must have “list

My favorite hydrangea and changing the bloom color on hydrangea shrubs

The Garden Confessional: Vegetable garden drama

Getting ready for a Garden Tour and the Goldfinch Project with salvia nemerosa ‘Amethyst’

Lysimachia ciliata ‘Firecracker’ a useful native for naturalizing a tough garden area

HEUCHERA ‘Palace Purple’ ; a beautiful and reliable perennial for your garden

morning glory Split Second and sanguisorba hakusanensis ‘Lilac Squirrel’

Watering hack for plants in small containers and vacation plant watering

A trip to Brimfield Antique Show and a garden refresh using our finds

Actinidia kolomikta ‘Arctic Beauty’ an underused fantastic garden plant

mid June garden tour