Growing With Plants

Grab your iced lemon verbena tea, for on this rainy, summer day,  I think I have the perfect book for you to read in…

The Variety ‘How Beautiful Heaven Must Be’ grown and entered by Susan Stowe of Topsfield, MA at the American Hemerocallis Society summer exhibition held…

Fragrant Orienpet Lilies in my garden this hot and humid afternoon, just after a  summer downpour complete with hail, wind gusts and lightning.  This sturdy…

The Globe artichokes that I started from seed in early February were ready for harvest, with the rainiest June in history, the heads where…

Looking for something new and exciting for your summer containers that will make your neighbors jealous? I suggest using some of these newer introductions…

Garden Bloggers from across the country and Canada attended this years Garden Blogger’s Fling in San Francisco. Who’s that on the right? Why it’s…

Finally, I was able to visit Annie’s Annuals – one of my favorite nurseries ( from a list of many, it may be number…

Now that my duties with Design Week and HOWLive are over, I have a little personal time to travel around the San Francisco area…

A bronze lion stalks prey in front of a giant Chilean Gunnera at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.  Thanks to everyone who…