TARA DILLARD

At the back of our property is a pond with 2 damns.  Big in winter, small in summer.  Dug around the turn of the century, with oxen, the nei...

At pond's edge we're deciding architecture.    Historical American.  Large enough for small gatherings & fishing gear. ...

Near their kitchen door, in a courtyard, on axis with window views, below.  Subtle, quiet, good.  I delight in the green slime & hear na...

Looking in, below, my new conservatory. (Hope you've seen, I Capture The Castle, from the book below.) Knowing I wanted the Conservatory...

This garden, below, gets it right. How do you know? The bones (evergreen structure, axis, focal point, hardscape) hold together in deepest...

Design your landscape for winter & it will be pretty all year. Design for May & you're apt to have only May be beautiful. Peon...

Why plant when the pots look this good? . Choose wisely & never plant, water, fertilize pots again. . Garden & Be Well, XO ...

Bits of this landscape look UNDESIGNED, yet nothing was left to chance . . A potent landscape design tool: CONTRAST FORMAL VS. INFORMAL. . ...

You've got to adore a woman who eyes a lamp, a regular everyday lamp, and thinks, I'll put that in my garden. Lamps happen to be an...

Lecturing in Aiken, SC years ago I stayed with DANCING COUPLE. This picture, below, of the many taken in their landscape continues to mesme...