Tag Archives: garden inspiration

Resolve to Spend More Quality Time With Someone You Love? Back-Yard Birding is the Perfect Shared Activity!, FEBRUARY 2011

Looking for an adventure the whole family can enjoy together? A way to get your partner up off the sofa? Birding has got to be one of the greatest gifts of living in Florida. And the winter months bring us … Continue reading

Posted in Birding & Gardening, Wildlife Gardening | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Mid-Winter Relief comes in Small Packages , JANUARY 2011

I have been suffering a true winter this year! I started it off with a head cold at Thanksgiving, which I just couldn’t shake. It never really left me, just evolved into a sleep-shattering cough and bronchitis.  This dragging around … Continue reading

Posted in Container Gardens, Flower Gardening, Garden Advice, Gardening Around the Year, Landscape Design & Care, Winter Garden Care | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A NIGHT GARDEN IN AUGUST, 2010

This Full Moon Draws Our Focus Back to The Routines of Life, But Don’t Stop Dreaming! As folks who work the earth, our family has come to recognize the subtle changes in our surroundings that come with each passing full … Continue reading

Posted in Gardening Around the Year, Moon Gardens | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

LATE SUMMER, 2010

I don’t know about you, but I love the gifts that the late summer brings.  It’s the time of year where you are just hitting your stride at the slower pace of summer.  By now I have surrendered to the … Continue reading

Posted in Gardening Around the Year | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Favorite Summer Botanical Gardens , JULY 2010

It’s not just hot out there it is steamy! And that steamy heat & humidity is what makes our area a Tropical Paradise.  Yes those conditions that make you wilt is just what the botanist ordered for the rare and … Continue reading

Posted in Botanical Gardens, Events, Garden Travel, Gardening Around the Year, Summer Garden Care | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

SUMMER GARDEN LESSONS, JUNE 2010

I love the lessons I learn from the garden. Each season brings another set of tasks to be done in anticipation of what the next season can hold, while all the while having to contend with the consequences of the … Continue reading

Posted in Garden Advice, Gardening Around the Year, Summer Garden Care | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

It’s a Time of Transitions and Traditions as we Celebrate Grads & Dads! JUNE,2010

How easy it is to get knocked off center by life’s transitions. And how powerful family traditions can be to bring you back to balance. I have recently been struggling with ambivalence born of my two daughters’ graduations. The younger … Continue reading

Posted in Events, Gardening Around the Year | Tagged | Leave a comment

OH! MY GARDEN!, MAY 2010

I love the late spring. All the busy-ness of early spring gives way to the flush of fragrant blooms, promising fruit to savor in the coming months.  The pace of work has slowed just as you were hitting your stride, … Continue reading

Posted in Gardening Around the Year | Tagged | Leave a comment