• Hey Landscape and Garden Designers (and homeowners too) - I am looking for interesting stories about crazy things you discovered on a property during a site assessment. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ All I've got from my own history (at least that I can remember right now) is a horse burial ground (explains the giant sink hole) and some shocked property owners over where the property lines ACTUALLY were. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'd love to hear your stories - More examples would help me make a stronger point in something I'm working on. Thank you! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Also - on a totally separate note - I've been keeping a close eye on seed pods and things I want to nurture for shape and structure through the winter (if I can) - realizing that my bee balm (monarda) is really a champ for being pretty in the summer and well into the autumn...planning to spread it around a bit more... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #garden #gardening #beebalm #mygarden #instagarden #garten #gardens #flowerstagram #gardenlife #floweroftheday #horticulture #siteassessment #trädgård #gardenmaker #landscaper #gardendesigner #communityovercompetition #flowers #gardendesign #monarda #gardendesigner #flowerslovers #instaflowers #fleur #fleurs #jardim #tuin #jardin #landscapedesigner #tuinen
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    Hey Landscape and Garden Designers (and homeowners too) - I am looking for interesting stories about crazy things you discovered on a property during a site assessment. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ All I've got from my own history (at least that I can remember right now) is a horse burial ground (explains the giant sink hole) and some shocked property owners over where the property lines ACTUALLY were. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'd love to hear your stories - More examples would help me make a stronger point in something I'm working on. Thank you! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Also - on a totally separate note - I've been keeping a close eye on seed pods and things I want to nurture for shape and structure through the winter (if I can) - realizing that my bee balm (monarda) is really a champ for being pretty in the summer and well into the autumn...planning to spread it around a bit more... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #garden #gardening #beebalm #mygarden #instagarden #garten #gardens #flowerstagram #gardenlife #floweroftheday #horticulture #siteassessment #trädgård #gardenmaker #landscaper #gardendesigner #communityovercompetition #flowers #gardendesign #monarda #gardendesigner #flowerslovers #instaflowers #fleur #fleurs #jardim #tuin #jardin #landscapedesigner #tuinen
  • I have a big announcement that I haven't shared anywhere yet!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'm revamping both of my courses for 2021!!!! (I'm so excited to upgrade everything as well as add a bunch of new lessons)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Also, there will be more opportunities to get help through my NEW Garden Makers Mastermind (all past, current & future students will have access to it as part of the course). It is a huge upgrade that you're going to love.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Garden Design Boot Camp is already done for 2020 and I'm putting all the upgrades into that course now. As soon as the last session of Planting Design Boot Camp wraps, I will be updating it as well. The Mastermind launches in January 2021.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But here's the deal - prices are going up for both of my courses (currently they're only $269 each or $469 for both - the new prices will be over $350 each and over $700 for both -I'm still settling on the details).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But if you join either or both courses before I close them down for the final updates (on Nov 9th, 2020) then you'll get all the new stuff for the old price. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To be clear - all students have lifetime access to all current & future material. This is a heck of a way to get in while the getting is good. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The last session of Planting Design Boot Camp is starting this weekend (Sunday Oct 18th at 1:00pm EST) so if you still have late season plant purchases to get into the ground - this is your opportunity to get some help to get it right.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Plus, did you know that fall is the best season to move, split and make transplants in the garden?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let me help you make your garden cohesive and put together this year.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Links in bio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #plantingdesign #planting #gardencourse #gardendesigner #gardendesign #gardenmaker #learntogarden #gardenista #garden #gardening #gardenlife #gardens #gardenstyle #jardim #tuin #jardin #trädgård #tuinen #ogrgod
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    I have a big announcement that I haven't shared anywhere yet!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'm revamping both of my courses for 2021!!!! (I'm so excited to upgrade everything as well as add a bunch of new lessons)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Also, there will be more opportunities to get help through my NEW Garden Makers Mastermind (all past, current & future students will have access to it as part of the course). It is a huge upgrade that you're going to love.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Garden Design Boot Camp is already done for 2020 and I'm putting all the upgrades into that course now. As soon as the last session of Planting Design Boot Camp wraps, I will be updating it as well. The Mastermind launches in January 2021.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But here's the deal - prices are going up for both of my courses (currently they're only $269 each or $469 for both - the new prices will be over $350 each and over $700 for both -I'm still settling on the details).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But if you join either or both courses before I close them down for the final updates (on Nov 9th, 2020) then you'll get all the new stuff for the old price. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To be clear - all students have lifetime access to all current & future material. This is a heck of a way to get in while the getting is good. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The last session of Planting Design Boot Camp is starting this weekend (Sunday Oct 18th at 1:00pm EST) so if you still have late season plant purchases to get into the ground - this is your opportunity to get some help to get it right.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Plus, did you know that fall is the best season to move, split and make transplants in the garden?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let me help you make your garden cohesive and put together this year.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Links in bio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #plantingdesign #planting #gardencourse #gardendesigner #gardendesign #gardenmaker #learntogarden #gardenista #garden #gardening #gardenlife #gardens #gardenstyle #jardim #tuin #jardin #trädgård #tuinen #ogrgod
  • I love this cleverly reworked town garden by @gardensbyannabutterfield. Two design ideas caught my eye - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 1) rotating the shed made space for a swing - sometimes you just need to move something you already have and it will work better. and 2) sometimes there really isn't a need for path to every destination in your garden. (don't get caught up in this idea!) A small patch of lawn is just fine. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ok - maybe there is a third... this garden was designed as a family space and the swing, for the children. But the more I look at the picture, the more I want to sit there and sway back and forth myself. And it reminds me of the swing that hung from a tree outside a house I lived in while in college. There were many weighty conversations about lives and futures and relationships that happened while someone sat on that tree swing. It was in use constantly. The memory of that swing has me thinking we all might need a few more garden swings (even if we don't have kids). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do you have a love of swings? And do you also find the conversation is particularly good when someone is using it? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #beforeandaftergarden #familygarden #beforeandafter #familygardens #familyfriendly #outdoorplay #naturebasedplay #outdoorlearning #howdoesyourgardengrow #familyplay #familytime #connectwithnature #everygardenneedsaswing #playtime #playoutdoors #learnoutdoors #familygardenfun #gardendesign #gardenmakeover #garden #towngarden #outdoorliving #gardenswing #swing #swingset
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    I love this cleverly reworked town garden by @gardensbyannabutterfield. Two design ideas caught my eye - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 1) rotating the shed made space for a swing - sometimes you just need to move something you already have and it will work better. and 2) sometimes there really isn't a need for path to every destination in your garden. (don't get caught up in this idea!) A small patch of lawn is just fine. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ok - maybe there is a third... this garden was designed as a family space and the swing, for the children. But the more I look at the picture, the more I want to sit there and sway back and forth myself. And it reminds me of the swing that hung from a tree outside a house I lived in while in college. There were many weighty conversations about lives and futures and relationships that happened while someone sat on that tree swing. It was in use constantly. The memory of that swing has me thinking we all might need a few more garden swings (even if we don't have kids). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do you have a love of swings? And do you also find the conversation is particularly good when someone is using it? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #beforeandaftergarden #familygarden #beforeandafter #familygardens #familyfriendly #outdoorplay #naturebasedplay #outdoorlearning #howdoesyourgardengrow #familyplay #familytime #connectwithnature #everygardenneedsaswing #playtime #playoutdoors #learnoutdoors #familygardenfun #gardendesign #gardenmakeover #garden #towngarden #outdoorliving #gardenswing #swing #swingset
  • Three of my favorite things right now. #favoritethings⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kirengeshoma palmata (the best fall blooming perennial for shade... hands down). (Bottom left )⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My new battery powered @stihlusa blower. So light, so easy, no pull string starters! (Middle)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And my new favorite agastache - it is ‘rosy posy’ and it has been blooming like that since late July. Say What!?! (Top right).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Upgrade your garden, upgrade your life! 😉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What is amazing in your garden right now?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Also- I’ve got a new post about my push to change as many garden tools as I can to battery power. Click to check it out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #blower #gardentool #autumn #flowers #garden #gardendesign #agastache #kirengeshoma #gardening #flower #flowers #gardenlife #gardendesign #gardenstyle #floweroftheday #instablooms #instaflowers #fleur #fleurs #flora #jardim #tuin #jardin #trädgård #tuinen #ogrgod #climatechange #ad
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    Three of my favorite things right now. #favoritethings⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kirengeshoma palmata (the best fall blooming perennial for shade... hands down). (Bottom left )⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My new battery powered @stihlusa blower. So light, so easy, no pull string starters! (Middle)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And my new favorite agastache - it is ‘rosy posy’ and it has been blooming like that since late July. Say What!?! (Top right).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Upgrade your garden, upgrade your life! 😉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What is amazing in your garden right now?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Also- I’ve got a new post about my push to change as many garden tools as I can to battery power. Click to check it out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #blower #gardentool #autumn #flowers #garden #gardendesign #agastache #kirengeshoma #gardening #flower #flowers #gardenlife #gardendesign #gardenstyle #floweroftheday #instablooms #instaflowers #fleur #fleurs #flora #jardim #tuin #jardin #trädgård #tuinen #ogrgod #climatechange #ad
  • Can someone tell me what this shrub is? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve not seen anything like it around here before. It’s in full bloom and about 5’ tall and 7’ wide. The flowers have a faint sweet smell but hardly noticeable. And it must be tough since not only is it clearly thriving here In Zone5/6 but it also is very close to the road and surely takes a hit from the plows and road spray. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I need to plant some of these ASAP!!! The color is so eye catching, even among a rainbow of fall colors, and it is so pretty! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thx ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #garden #gardening #flower #flowers #gardenlife #gardendesign #autumn #flowerstagram #gardens #blooms #flowerslovers #flowersofInstagram #flores #flor #flowerpower #gardenstyle #floweroftheday #instablooms #instaflowers #fleur #fleurs #flora #jardim #tuin #jardin #trädgård #tuinen #ogrgod
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    Can someone tell me what this shrub is? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve not seen anything like it around here before. It’s in full bloom and about 5’ tall and 7’ wide. The flowers have a faint sweet smell but hardly noticeable. And it must be tough since not only is it clearly thriving here In Zone5/6 but it also is very close to the road and surely takes a hit from the plows and road spray. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I need to plant some of these ASAP!!! The color is so eye catching, even among a rainbow of fall colors, and it is so pretty! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thx ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #garden #gardening #flower #flowers #gardenlife #gardendesign #autumn #flowerstagram #gardens #blooms #flowerslovers #flowersofInstagram #flores #flor #flowerpower #gardenstyle #floweroftheday #instablooms #instaflowers #fleur #fleurs #flora #jardim #tuin #jardin #trädgård #tuinen #ogrgod