TARA DILLARD

This is the pruning era, below, capturing my heart, and centuries of other hearts too.  Ironically, decades passed before understanding thi...

Friends in a 30+ year old home, with its original green meatball foundation planting mentioned taking them all out.  Wildly, I mentioned, Pe...

Well placed pots, below.  Aaaah, the front door, and landing, have space to breath. . And a well fought battle, for simplicity. . There&...

Live - Love - Laugh blares a painted garden sign, on the shelf, with price tag.  Next time you see any garden sign/plaque for sale think, &q...

Hooked on Houses posted, NAOMI WATTS & LIEV SCHREIBER SELLING HOUSE IN THE HAMPTONS      What's 'wrong' in these 3 pics,...

"... mental discipline of a scientist and the emotional responsibility of a poet."               Peter Schjeldahl Exactly...

A well maintained century, below, at this home.  Stone accent wall near the entry, above, is obscured by a gorgeous Japanese maple, be...

Leggy Hags!  And this latest pruning is wrong too.  Want lush foliage top to bottom?  Prune the top of your bushes slightly narrower than ...

Pretty now the Chinese snowball is young.  It's bottom will be pruned away once the blooms finish.  This Chinese snowball is growing int...

Vines on a wood house?  No.  There are ways but I'm too lazy.  Vine clinging to stucco/stone, below,  a case of desire from Italy.  Can&...

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

The best landscapes have elements, below, of the Sacred and elements, below, of the Profane. Landscape design is about contrasts. . The Sac...

Rosemary Verey wrote of removing foliage off winter blooming Lenten Rose. I copied, below. In Sir Walter Scott's garden I saw a 'w...

PUPPET BARBUDA adores sassy. Especially these poodle-puff-on-a-tail topiaries. Though plinths would be nice. Antique cobblestones, dear ...

Centuries of landscape design & garden maintenance lessons in France, where I took this pic. What is wrong in this pic? . The gardener ...