My Garden Online Blog

My mother tried to get me to read  Shakespeare as a young adult - she knew I needed all the guidance I could find!  Had she only pointed out that Shakepeare had made many references to plants, I may have tried plowing through one or two!  Luckily, Nancy Shumacker Pollan has done the work for us by publishing the beautifully illustrated book “Shakespeare’s Garden”.  My favorite page - Pansy (Hamlet IV,5); in my opinion, nothing beats a pansy.  Please visit Borders or Barnes and Nobles to pick up a copy of this lovely book.

Surfing through old garden magazines is so much fun.  If you go back to the 90’s there aren’t any URLs; just phone numbers - boy have things changed.  Reading through Sept/Oct 08 Garden Design magazine, I found the following:  Terrain at Styles (pg. 19).  Their stuff is fabulous; there are a handful of pictures showing containers; benches; waterfalls.  For more information, check out their website at: www.terrainathome.com.  Give www.gardendesign.com a try for more design ideas!

Do you create garden art?  Send me a photo and I’ll post it for you!