In fall the Instagram feeds of many of our favorite gardeners, quite understandably, start to wither or move indoors. Not so that of Dutch garden designer Frank Heijligers. Indeed,…
Read more Expert Advice: 9 Tips for a Moody Winter Garden – GardenistaAll week, we’re revisiting the most popular stories of 2025, including this one from July. A shade garden is a green and contemplative refuge. It can also be…
Read more Perennials for a Shade Garden: Our Favorite Native Species and Hardy Flowering PlantsDecember is the month for year-end reviews. There’s already a deluge of best-of lists for books and movies, but what about plants? I think they deserve accolades, too.…
Read more The All-Star List: 5 Plants I Want More of In My Garden – GardenistaWhen August melts into September, nights are suddenly noticeably longer, while flowering perennials seem to grow wilder, to compensate. One of the greatest gardening pleasures of this cusp-season…
Read more Native perennials for late summer create a naturalistic landscapeWhile I try to live in the moment as much as possible, it’s harder to be mindful when it c0mes to garden design. After all, planning ahead for…
Read more Fall Flowers: Our Favorite Perennials and Annuals for Adding Color in the Autumn GardenYou’d think choosing plants was easy enough—just find the ones you like, right? And for single specimens in a pot or a monoculture of, say. roses or hydrangeas,…
Read more Garden from Scratch: How to Choose the Type of Plants You Need in Your LandscapeThis is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, nature-based gardening. “A seed contains the past and the future at the same…
Read more Hilltop Hanover Farm: Saving Local Native Seeds for a Resilient Future
