Where do you find inspiration for your garden design ideas? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I have lots of sources... but if I had to name one that regularly feeds me, here on instagram, it would be Charlotte Andersson - @charlottegardenflow 😍⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Why? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Well, because she is in Sweden, so I figure if something grows for her, it will likely grow for me in New England (Tip: find an inspiration source that is similar to your growing conditions). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ and ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Her style - it is what I'd call Scandinavian wild - and it is something I really connect with. (Tip: find an inspo. source that does what you want to do, and they do it well!)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ and lastly - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I have a goal this year of planting much more densely in many areas of my garden. I want more layers and textures. And every image Charlotte shares is just a gorgeous pile of plants (Tip: Set a garden goal and find an inspiration source that is achieving your goal so you can study what works). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you could name someone here on instagram that really feeds you when it comes to garden design inspiration - who would it be? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (tag them and share the love!) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Why you are digging (pun intended) what they are doing? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As we gear up for spring here in the northern hemisphere, let's get re-inspired and share our favorites! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I can't wait to find some new follows! 😍 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #gardendesigntip #gardener #gardenmaker #landscaper #gardendesigner #gardendesigntips #doitfortheprocess #makersgonnamake #communityovercompetition #pursuepretty #garden #gardening #plants #jardin #plant #instagarden #garten #gardens #botanical #gardenlife #ガーデニング #instagardenlovers #gardeninspiration #trädgård 
As every new inch of snow piles on top of the icy mounds that persist, I keep wondering if these are still looking pretty underneath the pile. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If I were making I bet, I think I'd put my money on the flowers. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Hellebores are so tough - and they really do live under the snow. We will see if I'm right in a few weeks...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This was taken just a couple weeks ago. The pink ones were in full bloom too, and now I kind of wish I had cut some to bring in the house. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It always seems so odd to me that I can have fresh cut flowers from the garden - in January - *if* I am faster than the snow. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It is pretty bleak out there (the winter grey has really settled into New England) I've decided that this 'season' should be called sepia season... it is really so many shades of grey with just a few touches of brown. #pv72seasons ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I can't wait til we start adding green back in! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'm frequently asked for ideas for making the garden interesting in the winter - like what plants?... and #Hellebores always come to mind. Some other plants that you might consider for winter interest are: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ snowdrops ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ shrubs with colorful bark (check out dogwoods in red, yellow and rainbow colors) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ witchhazel⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ arborvitea⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ boxwood ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ rhododendrons⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ birch trees ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ inkberry ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ pierus⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ seven sons tree (heptacodium miconoides) - good bark⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ viburnum bodnantense ...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ These are things I grow that have some interest in this bleak time of year... what else is there (I know there are many more)? What is catching your eye right now? 
I am excited to announce the first of an ongoing series of online lectures!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kelly Norris @kellydnorris will join the Garden Makers Mastermind on Saturday February 27th at 3:00pm EST for a new lecture about how to create our own more Naturalistic gardens. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you are a PITH + VIGOR student and already a member of the Garden Design Mastermind, you will have free access to this inside our studio (so don't buy a ticket!) BUT EVEN IF YOU AREN'T PART OF THE GARDEN MAKER'S MASTERMIND, YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tickets are $20 and if you miss the live delivery you will have access to the playback and handout afterwards. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ CLICK TO REGISTER AND SWIPE FOR MORE DETAILS. DM me if you have questions. #gardendesignlab #gardendesign #naturalism #gardenlecture 
15 inches ain’t no thang. (when you have power tools and a teenager to help). #noreaster #snow #newenglandliving @troybilt 
I've been burying myself in a full scale renovation of my courses... and though I am far from done, I am finally rolling them out. (I'm SOOO EXCITED!!!! it is all I have done... besides doom scrolling, watching our our ever worsening national disaster play out, and eating holiday food) since the middle of November.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I also rebuilt some of my website (more to come on that too... - but my links page above is all spiffy now!!!)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'm looking forward to so many things this year - creating a bunch of new content for my courses has really inspired me for my own garden plans... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This year, I'm hoping to begin to renovate the old vegetable patch into something a little more funky - I'm thinking of an eclectic design that needs no irrigation, but has lots of interesting texture, some cut flower options and maybe a few perennial vegetables... but I haven't quite honed in on the style... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Also, I can't wait to see all those bulbs I planted last fall... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What are your 2021 garden ambitions? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #garden #gardening #jardin #instagarden #garten #gardens #gardenlife #gardener #january #winter #dreamgarden #instagardenlovers #trädgård #gardener #gardenmaker #landscaper #gardendesigner #theartofslowliving #livemoremagic #livethelittlethings #thehappynow #flashesofdelight #doitfortheprocess #makersgonnamake #handsandhustle #pursuepretty