Flowers Make Me Happy I love fresh flowers. Especially in Winter. I’m not a fan of a fake flower. I’d rather have a bouquet of dried seed pods than a bunch of super-realistic fake flowers. This week, I picked up flowers from Trader Joe’s and made myself a bouquet….
This time of year I’ve got one thing on my mind. Seed starting. I’m pretty much done with Winter and cold weather by February and early March. All I want to do is feel the sunshine on my head and get my hands dirty. That’s why seed starting is the…
A Wreath-Making party is a fun way to get together with friends to socialize, eat great food and be creative. Best of all, every guest leaves with a beautiful wreath. It’s a win-win! Wreath MakingThings to Consider Not all my friends are DIY-types. This is something I kept in mind…
Tour Chanticleer and Learn Design Chanticleer is a garden located roughly 30 miles outside Philadelphia Pennsylvania. It used to be the home of the Rosengarten family. The house was built, with other summer homes, along the mainline of the Pennsylvania Railroad. People picked the location to get away from the…
We’ve been lucky to have a fairly mild Winter up to this point. But Michigan isn’t known for consistent weather. We were due for real Winter weather and it has finally arrived. It has snowed and the temperatures have dipped into single digits. Yep. It’s January. Here’s some photos showing…
Gravetye Manor is a historic hotel nestled into the Sussex countryside, roughly 30 miles outside of London, England. From 1884 until 1935, Gravetye Manor was the home of the famous gardener, William Robinson. Robinson was a prolific garden writer best known for his views promoting a more natural form of…