TARA DILLARD

Stone Wall & Finials. . What will you use?  As a finial? .   Pic, above, here . . Pic, above, here . . Pic, above, in my gard...

What's the mission statement for your garden? . Mine? . I want to look out every window of my home, and unprompted, exclaim, ...

"....If a lonely soul did ever cry out in company its true outcry to God, it would be as though at a sedate party a man su...

 Aside from the ubiquitously expected, your garage must leverage your life.  Beautifully. . In my garage, below.  Adore loading my...

Do you see the manipulations, below? Seating to create a gathering spot, figs for summer shade/winter sun over the benches, drystack ...

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

Decades old, below, the Camellia japonica doesn't require care.  Though it does take your energy.  The energy of appreciating beauty, pi...

 "It's time," said Mr. Hustler," to remodel Central Park; At present it's as out-of-date as Noah and his ark."  ...

Think, cha-ching, this isn't for you? Poppets, PUPPET BARBUDA will not let you off easy. That measly excuse of no money? HOW TO bui...

Susanne Hudson, a year ago, asked me to build a garden with her for the Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival. I knew then it must be a Garden ...

This morning, looking out my bedroom window, below. Over 10 years ago decided I must look out all my windows & Think/See/Feel , "O...

Cookbooks. None by Rachel Ray. Not surprising PECAN ORCHARD isn't hesitant to begin her landscape with its bones. Evergreen hedges n...

"Can you make people feel what you feel?" Hank Williams, below, asks, in a song sung by David Allen Coe , below. Whether you th...

KARL LAGERFELD is a source for landscape design inspiration. (No, dahlings, I don't ask the gods why. I simply accept the gift.) Cathy...

Lanterns, below, are my newest fetish since visiting Susanne Hudson's garden. Several Smith/Hawken going-out-of-business sale lanterns a...

Where are the weeds? Gorgeous? Yes, in a Stepford Wife banality (honestly, remove the 'b' from the previous word). Ha, not even g...

SHE sent this days ago, below, a victory. SHE chose a new door & paint color. We had choices to make about the door surround; opting to ...

Pleasure walks, focal points to stimulate conversation, peaceful corners to sit & read, have lunch, write a letter, gossip with a friend...

I always ask for a landscape design mission statement. TRACTOR CHICK wants her home to be an extension of her landscape, not, her landscape...