Ideas & Inspiration
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Cultivating the Future: A Sensory Therapeutic Garden For Special Education
Meet Mr. Steven Rude, a school psychologist in the LA school district, and get to know his extraordinary garden.
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Sickly Lawn Into Healthy Turf
I learned to diagnose turf grass problems. Too much shade was easy, but root-eating grubs like to hide. Click to read more.
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Roses Are Red, Violets Are…
Many flowers are named after a color, and many colors are named after flowers. Even lilacs.
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Not Pruning Is A Mistake
I try to be unafraid of pruning a thinning or leggy plant or bush, since pruning makes for a healthier, fuller plant.
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A Healthy Harvest
Gardening helps me stay healthy, physically and mentally, as well as the resulting nutrition it produces. Click for more.
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Ebony Blooms
I love black flowers and was happy that my black tulip bulbs survived a move to a different climate zone. Click to read more.
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Spring Woodland Wildflowers Of Michigan
Click here and I will share with you not one, but several, of my most favorite native plants that grow in my home state of Michigan.
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My Garden Is My Sanctuary, And More
My garden is my sanctuary, but it’s also so much more than that. Read on to learn what I mean by that.
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2023 Garden Resolutions
Click here to find out what resolutions I have in the garden for 2023.
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Kinder Youth Gardens
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My Desk Plant
I have to have plants in every room, even the small ones and the ones that get very little light. Read on for more.
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Living Healthy. Simplified.
Living Healthy Simplified uses gardens to teach about nature, planting food, foraging, cooking, art, mental health, and much more!
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Unity Gardens - The Best Of Humankind
It's a challenge to describe Unity Gardens' Sara Stewart. Perhaps a good start would be to mention that she's won a Best of Humankind award.
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A Super School Garden Success
The Richey School Gardens' goal to build a bond between students' home lives and school lives has been a rousing success! Click for more.
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Front Steps Services
"We transform lives to end the cycle of homelessness" is the message of this extraordinary organization. Click to read more.
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Neighborhood's Hands Program: Lighting the Way in a Food Desert
"Feeding and Educating All" is the motto of Neighborhood's Hands Program. And they mean it. Read on to learn more.
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Creativity With Landscaping Leftovers
I love designing my own garden beds, but when it comes to designing gardens for others, I'd rather not. Read on to learn why.
