The Costly Mistake of Tilling

Let me save you from the painful, backbreaking regret I’m currently living with   I tilled my  yard, and in return, I got an all-you-can-grow buffet of microstegium (a.k.a. Japanese stiltgrass), mock strawberry, chinese clematis and oriental false hawksbeard and a crash course in how NOT to garden. If you’ve ever considered tilling, take a […]

About Me

My passion for landscaping was inspired by my mom’s love of flowers. At 15, I started planting annuals for Mother’s Day, and by 25, I had started my first vegetable garden while experimenting with perennials. In 2000, while working as a graphic designer, I found myself feeling restless. So, I quit my job and started […]

Repristinating My Surroundings

Repristinating My Surroundings I’ve designed landscapes for the past twenty five years based on what plants grew in my gardening zone and, if I could find a native plant, it was always incorporated. When I moved to Atlanta five years ago, my designs evolved using only US natives plant that grew in my gardening zone. […]

Mother’s Day 2021

This mother’s day, I added a weeping yaupon holly… A brief history of my landscape. My husband, who I married a few years ago, has lived in our house for over 20 years and pretty much just mowed the yard. Besides four full-grown pines, one huge Southern Magnolia, a slowly dying cherry tree, and multiple […]

Gardening for Pollinators

…and to save the planet Becoming an environmentalist was probably the most profound change in my life. Never did I use round-up or other poisons, even when they said it was safe.  Don’t get me wrong, I’ve planted many non-native species but something has changed within the last year or so. Since moving from Chicago […]