TARA DILLARD

"And, I don't want anything formal." . Gets me every time.  In the early years I would explain how 'formal' is your ...

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born....

From the 1st visit with the realtor to our new home, I KNEW the garden around the house would be gravel with meandering paths & terraces...

Ripe.  .  Notice, below, the color echo?  Wonder where the axis leads from the paired entry?   Garden design tenants are rife : spikes ...

Choose to make garden mistakes on the side of too simple, too little, too plain. . Better to want more later than dig-up, move planting...

Under a pecan tree not much grows. . Tara Turf is best. . Why? . Increased pollinator habitat increases crop yield up to 80%. ...

The most important views of your garden are from inside. . Kitchen views into the garden are imperative.  . Make a choice, it'...

This week in my garden, below.  Small, less than 8500sf, it never bores. . Potted hydrangea setting bud, below, blooms all summer.  Beh...

Hydrangea 'Tardiva' are so easy you must really plant enough to give blooms away. . Garden & Be Well,   XO Tara . Pic...

Tucked in 'as if' it were being worked. Subsidiary focal point. Yes, this client is waltzing with her garden now.  Leadi...

This was lawn, below, with a view down the cul-de-sac & myriad houses. "I want a better view than this", was my thought...

Untrained, unschooled & perfect. Viewed from deck & house the existing lower garden, above, leads to their wild wood. . T...

Penny McHenry, founder American Hydrangea Society , had 2 newspaper clippings on her bathroom mirror. Below, is one. Th...

At my back door, below, this week.  Potted hydrangea & a potted variegated boxwood.  Last year this hydrangea was a cutting in a 4"...

Yesterday, at my front door.   Ivy 'Gold Heart', discovered studying historic landscapes in England. . Espalier Oakleaf hydrangea...

"Cecil was actually the first person ever to walk me round a garden, which he regularly did at his house in Reddish. This seemingly sim...

Cone shapes draw the eye in landscapes. Charming tuteur, below, but a subtle color. Imagine if each tuteur were bright yellow or red. Cha...

Hydrangeas, too many weeks, have spilled into my paths. (These are EXACTLY the type of problems I want in life!) Finally, edges of their ...

Oakleaf hyrangea, below, in shade. Flowers begin white, fade pink, & will go beige at their conclusion. Another oakleaf hydrangea, belo...