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Fall at Denver Botanic Gardens: Monet Pool, Japanese teahouse, and bonsai - Exploring the Monet Pool, Japanese teahouse garden, and bonsai and kusamono display at Denver Botanic Gardens… Read More The post Fall at Denver Botanic ...
15 hours ago
texasbutterflyranch

Blue Curls or Beebalm? Please vote for the 2025 Pollinator Plant of the Year - Voting in this year's Pollinator Plant of the Year election will once again be a tough call. Both contenders are rock stars in the pollinator garden, servi...
19 hours ago
Window on a Texas Wildscape

An owl tidbit... - I am currently reading this book and ran across this tidbit about our neighborhood eastern screech owl. Interesting!
3 days ago
Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot

A Spark Bird for Liam? - On New Year's Eve, Phoebe, Liam, and I were texting about remembering to notice our first bird of 2025 the next morning. Liam was already back in Columbus,...
6 days ago
My Gardener Says...

A Honeybee Decade - Bee Daddy and I have been honeybee keeping for 10 years, hiving our first bees in April 2014, which you can read about here. As 2024 winds down and another...
1 week ago
The Art of Doing Stuff

7 Days of Puzzles - Poodle Playtime - Of course there had to be a poodle puzzle. The final puzzle of this series is a snow and a star studded showdown with Philip and his best friend Sterling. ...
2 weeks ago
It's A Dry Heat

On the Way to the Opera - A City Different trip with my friend Gayle, who joined me from Tucson, was a relief from one of the hottest-ever summers. Not even Santa Fe’s near-7,000 fo...
3 weeks ago
Miss Smarty Plants

Garden Trends for 2025 - In the midst of the holiday craziness thoughts start to extend to the new year ahead. Just around the corner, it makes us start thinking about new plans an...
3 weeks ago
Xeric Front Yard

moonlight garden - We’ve had some spectacular full moons recently. I have an Android phone with Night Sight which helped me take these photos. I thought they were cool and su...
1 month ago
My Black Thumb

This Week in My Garden - Oct 20th - * Banded Scythris moth on Frostweed* In my attempt to find cool stuff going on in my garden each week, I have gotten into the habit of looking closer at...
2 months ago
Diana's Designs Austin

Puget Sound Gardeners Fling – People, Plants, and More - Puget Sound Gardeners Fling delights with views and vignettes. The post Puget Sound Gardeners Fling – People, Plants, and More appeared first on Diana's ...
4 months ago
ROCK ROSE

MY DESERT GARDEN COMES TO LIFE - Spring is a wonderful time for all gardeners but particularly so for desert gardeners. It is the season of spectacular bloom brought on by winter rains. I ...
8 months ago
Austin Native Landscaping - Xeriscape. Design. Installation.

What Should I Expect from a Landscape Designer? - Creating landscape design all by yourself can be overwhelming, so most homeowners turn to a landscape designer. You can turn your landscape dreams into r...
2 years ago
Chandor Gardens, Part 2 - A fall festival at Chandor Gardens brought out the crowds. Some people were enjoying the shopping. In this gazebo, two women were selling goods from Peru....
3 years ago
Historical – The High Line

Back to the Future of the High Line - In 2003, we asked the public to envision the future of the High Line in an open “ideas competition.” The post Back to the Future of the High Line appear...
3 years ago
Lifescapes

All About Thyme: October, 2021 - Our hedge apple tree–-the only one we have here at Meadow Knoll-–is dropping its large green fruit right now, into...
3 years ago
May Dreams Gardens

Over here. I'm over here now! -
4 years ago
The Patient Gardener's Weblog

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – May 2020 - It’s been a while since I posted a Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (GBBD) post but with my renewed blogging and a sunny morning I thought I would post away. My a...
4 years ago
Ravenscourt Gardens

Two Favorite Bee Magnet Salvias : ) - Hello friends, sorry its been awhile. We have the pleasure of spending one day a week sharing time with our … Continue reading →
4 years ago
Zanthan Gardens

GBBD 202002: Feb 2020 - *2020-02-15. Prunus mexicans. Barely holding on after a cedar elm limb fell and crushed all three Mexican plum trees beneath it.*
4 years ago
EZ Herbs

EZ Herbs update - I now have a very interested party looking at purchasing EZ Herbs. We will know for sure in just a few weeks. Meanwhile I’ve decided to sell my inventory, ...
4 years ago
The Shovel-Ready Garden

Big happenings afoot! - We're getting ready to tackle some long-awaited home and garden projects: finishing the backyard fence and gate, a new roof, and solar panels. I can't wait...
4 years ago
Rock-Oak-Deer

Happy New Year! - We'll spend a quiet evening at home... ...Until the nearby megachurch lights up the sky with fireworks at midnight! Happy New Year!
5 years ago
PURE FLORIDA

A Long Post With No Pictures About A Very Long and Weird Ride Home. - *5:00 PM, St. Augustine, FL…* I start the big F-250 and back down the driveway of my parent’s home, keeping an eye on the tied down metal structure filling...
5 years ago
willsfamilyacres

Garden Bloggers Fling 2019 - This year’s fling was all about focusing on my photography skills. My roomie and friend, Cat, from http://thewhimsicalgardener.blogspot.com was kind enough...
5 years ago
Vivero Growers Garden

Fall is Coming! - Fall is coming! I promise, it is. I don't know about other parts of the country but here in Texas, namely Austin, it is hot, hot and did I mention it is...
5 years ago
Playin' Outside

Gardening in Air Soup - This morning I stepped outside and was met with a solid wall of hot air, stifling enough to convince me to go right back inside to complain about it. Mo...
5 years ago
Yard Fanatic

Things in the garden I wished I'd never learned and the lies I tell myself - Our Texas heat has arrived so I got up early this Saturday to slog it out in the yard before the sun started beating down on me. We've had an unseasonably...
5 years ago
edensouthwest

Dragonfly - [image: Pachydiplax longipennis] Blue Dasher dragonfly, Pachydiplax longipennis, http://azdragonfly.org/species/blue-dasher [image: Pachydiplax longipe...
5 years ago
Wet Weather Creek

Blanket Flower Days -
5 years ago
Hoe and Shovel

My Woodsy Garden - I’m still here y’all! My new-to-me garden is almost 5 years old. Just popping in here with a quick video to give you a glimpse of how it’s grown. The view ...
5 years ago
Plano Prairie Garden

The Frankford Prairie - Last year, I became aware of the Frankford Prairie and the old Frankford Church. Although it looks like it might be somewhere away from the big city, it ...
5 years ago
My Corner of Katy

Spring is Marching Along On My Corner of Katy: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day March 2019 - It's been an odd spring here in south central Texas ... some plants are blooming behind time, some ahead of time and some on time. It's all good, though. ...
5 years ago
Urban IPM

Emerald Ash Borer- FREE webinar!! - 2019 All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar on Emerald Ash Borer When: Friday, March 1 1:00 pm Central time To Join: https://auburn.zoom.us/j/615766171. The Emera...
5 years ago
Central Texas Gardener Blog

Living it Up Pond & Patio Design - My daylilies are putting on a show just for me, but to see over-the-moon lovelies and get tips (and divisions) from local gardeners, head to the Austin Day...
6 years ago
Dos Robles

One thing I really like about Texas - This is true: there is no such thing as a good hair day in Central Texas. At least that's been my experience. And that is irksome to say the least, bu...
6 years ago
The Rabid Gardener

(Belated) September successes! - [Posts two days in a row, who am I??] Back in June I did a post here about the front garden overhaul, which was facilitated by the neighbor's realtor decid...
7 years ago
May | 2011 | Lush Landscapes for Tough Climates

A walk through the fall garden… - Hello, and happy Thanksgiving! Before I head to the kitchen and start cooking, I decided it was wayyyy past time to share some pictures of my back garden a...
7 years ago
The Sun is Killing Me

The Stumpery - In the front of the cedar grove is a pile of old cedar stumps. When we moved into this place it was buried under the remnants of an old wood pile, garbage...
7 years ago
Life is a FIESTA with ¡LUCINDA!

Featured Presenter at Burlington Wine & Food Festival June 17th-20th in Vermont - I am thrilled to visit Vermont…to escape Texas floods, mosquitos, heat and humidity! I’ll sign copies of my book at each event, ¡VIVA TEQUILA! Cocktail...
9 years ago
The Grackle

Garden from Above - It's this time of year that I end up on the roof cleaning gutters or hanging Christmas lights. I can't resist snapping some photos of the garden from up th...
10 years ago

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