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Landscaping, Outdoor Living Space, Outdoor Rooms

Elephant Ears in the Garden 2023

This seems like a great week to talk about gardens/gardening/landscapes given the rain and now heat and humidity. Three of my very favorite plants for the summer garden are elephant ears, caladiums, and hardy begonia All do well in shade – of which I have a lot – and provide foliage and color well into […]
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Our Dream Backyard – the Final Reveal!

After seemingly endless months we bought patio furniture, strung lights on the pergola, installed a Weber gas grill on the covered porch, and luxuriated in our new space. All the while praying fervently that my garden would forgive months of neglect and abuse and rejoice with us in full and resplendent glory – which it […]
Landscaping, Outdoor Living Space, Outdoor Rooms

Our Dream Backyard – Part Three

We started our backyard project on July 12, 2021 with the porch. In November we began rebuilding the raised beds and then, with that done, started on the hardscape. The original plans needed a few adjustments but Joan, our landscape architect, was on hand daily and progress was inevitable! First the old patio had to […]
Landscaping, Outdoor Living Space, Outdoor Rooms

Our Dream Backyard – Part Two

Armed with plans, permits, and my favorite contractor in place, we watched optimistically as our falling apart deck was demolished. With that done, digging began for the footers to support our new covered porch. Let me pause here for a moment to say when you add a roof to a porch it triggers a […]

Landscaping Elephant Ears in the Garden 2023 This seems like a great week to talk about gardens/gardening/landscapes given the rain and now heat and humidity. Three of my very favorite plants for the summer garden are elephant ears, caladiums, and hardy begonia All do well in shade – of which I have a lot – and provide foliage and color well into […]

Landscaping Our Dream Backyard – the Final Reveal! After seemingly endless months we bought patio furniture, strung lights on the pergola, installed a Weber gas grill on the covered porch, and luxuriated in our new space. All the while praying fervently that my garden would forgive months of neglect and abuse and rejoice with us in full and resplendent glory – which it […]

Landscaping Our Dream Backyard – Part Three We started our backyard project on July 12, 2021 with the porch. In November we began rebuilding the raised beds and then, with that done, started on the hardscape. The original plans needed a few adjustments but Joan, our landscape architect, was on hand daily and progress was inevitable! First the old patio had to […]

Landscaping Our Dream Backyard – Part Two Armed with plans, permits, and my favorite contractor in place, we watched optimistically as our falling apart deck was demolished. With that done, digging began for the footers to support our new covered porch. Let me pause here for a moment to say when you add a roof to a porch it triggers a […]

Landscaping Our Dream Backyard – Part One If the pandemic taught us anything it was that outdoor space/green space matters. Home offices took on enormous importance but also the ability to get outside, whether to eat, play, read a book or join in an endless series of Zoom meetings. So in mid July 2021 we took the plunge to completely transform our […]

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