TARA DILLARD

Tasha Tudor chose one of the most powerful quotes, as the sign off to her letter writing, Take Joy. . Take Joy. . Did you get it?  Had y...

Once you've toured historic gardens across Europe, twice minimum, a theme appears from the oldest, 2-4 centuries, gardens.  The oldest g...

France was an education in Garden Design with Trees while studying historic gardens there.  French Garden Design, with bushes/perennials rem...

"The loss of trees in the planet's water cycle is critical to the advancement of climate change.  their removal exposes land to the...

Today, ca. 1940 Atlanta backyard, below.  In the city, you can see a fly-over freeway ramp. Our lead man Victor, above, and magnoli...

Have never understood the concept, "I can't afford a nice garden." Can't afford an arbor?  You can afford a few tre...

Something new to desire.                                                     And I don't mean man or child.  How did I miss these...

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

After seeing the Queen mother's pots at Glamis Castle I knew the Rule-For-Pots. Pots in a garden must be so fabulous they can ...

Those chairs ! Echoing in titillation the color of the square planter, blue stone terrace & into the distance with the door. ....

Trees increase pollinator habitat increasing yield on crops, decrease HVAC bills, increase property value.    Fruit trees feed wildli...

I've taken Christopher Lloyd to bed again.  Already 2nd-3rd time for his books.  He's new & fresh, each time. "By exerci...

Others wanted to cut the old redbud, Cercis canadensis, down.  Men with machines looking into my eyes, awaiting a shake of my head.  Inste...

"There is no future in the past." A narrow, mundane & sad thought.  'With little imagination', as Anne of Green Gables...

When I begin a Landscape Design I create ceilings: sky, trees, arbors. Within a landscape design a cone shaped plant should be in each gard...

Every garden must have at least 1 cone shaped evergreen. Draw eyes to the sky. More about this Italian garden, above, here . Gertrude Jeky...

Carriage house, fescue, boxwoods, pair of elms, stone wall/stone terrace/steps, below, all new, perhaps 12 minutes old in the pic. Client is...

"On the outskirts of agony sits some observant fellow who points." Virginia Woolf When I NEED her words I don't need a cute ...

This oak tree made a choice. I am humbled. . Garden & Be Well, XO Tara . Pic taken in a friend's garden last Saturday.