Arisaema consanguineum Silver Center, or Himalayan cobra lily has silvery foliage. One of the biggest challenges that I found with high latitude (i.e. Maine gardening) gardening is looking for bold-foliaged plants that can take mild summers and cooler nights. There are the usual suspects: canna, caladium, and bananas but each of these plants really are … Read more
Jen Sundeen is one my dearest friends and partners in crime. We are going to spend this year exploring all manner of earth-based celebrations, recreating them where we can, attending them, documenting them, and bringing you along for the fun. The hope is that through this exploration, we will, ourselves, have more than a few great stories … Read more
Fallen fruit of the single Osage orange tree in Yakima Arboretum. (c) Lorene Edwards Forkner When October arrives, some people get out their heavy sweaters and rake leaves. Others switch over to pumpkin spice lattes, play a round of touch football, or jump in said piles of leaves. Us? We drive roughly 300 miles to … Read more
Gardening Goals – How to be Realistic and Achievable for next year. How to Make Realistic and Achievable Gardening Goals for next year. Late-October – It has been a wet year so the garden is hanging on in ways that it probably wouldn’t in other drier years. There hasn’t (yet) been a freeze either, but … Read more
I spent a week in Barcelona this summer and now I have a new top five favorite European cities list. It now goes like this – Amsterdam, Paris, Venice, London, Barcelona. Rome fell (to number 6). I had no expectation to love it as I did. I’ve been to Spain a few other times before. But, … Read more
Tis the season to be planning your spring display (that is if you are in the northern hemisphere). I know this picture circulated the internet a lot earlier this spring, but now is really the time to think about bulbs if you want to create something really interesting….So we are recirculating. If you wait until … Read more
I love Mondays and the fresh starts that they bring each week. This morning, while I organize my notes and pictures from a weekend visit to the New York Gift Fair (in preparation for sharing later today) I hope you enjoy Studio’g’s newest contributor’s first post. Jen Sundeen is one my dearest friends and partners in … Read more
Yes, I am opening this week’s blog with a line from that famous 80’s hit by Men at Work. He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich. To follow-up on that song which you will now have stuck in your head throughout the day, let me introduce you to a fantastic evergreen, perennial plant … Read more
Whether you have visited the south of France or just seen pictures you know how seductive those mounded purple rows of lavender can be. But the pictures don’t even tell half the story, the scent of lavender in the air on a hot day in July is simply the essence of summer. I have a … Read more
One of the biggest challenges that I found with high latitude gardening is looking for bold-foliaged plants that can take mild summers and cooler nights. There are the usual suspects: canna, caladium, and bananas but each of these plants really are slow to get growing and need a lot of winter care inside of a … Read more