Garden Tour: 2010 Edition
ON SATURDAY, JUNE 12, my gardens -- and the gardens of several others in this area -- will be open for tour. I hope you will support this effort that benefits the Kinderhook Garden Club. If you are...
View ArticleKevin’s 2012 Events Schedule
MY EVENTS SCHEDULE for 2012 is slowly filling up, with three lectures, three garden tours (to benefit The Garden Conservancy), plus one hands-on plant-propagation workshop. Live in or around New...
View ArticlePrepping for Tours: The Rose Garden
HERE AT A GARDEN FOR THE HOUSE, I'm working daily to prepare my "garden rooms" for a number of scheduled tours which begin (gasp!) early in June. Last week, I focused on the Rose Garden (above). This...
View ArticleMy First “Open Day”& A Brief Tour
LAST SUNDAY, nearly 200 friendly faces passed through my garden gate. The occasion? The first "Open Day" of the season. Open Days benefit The Garden Conservancy, whose mission is (among other things)...
View ArticleKevin’s 2013 Events Schedule
MY EVENTS SCHEDULE for 2013 is slowly filling up, with a lecture, a workshop, and two garden tours (to benefit The Garden Conservancy). Live in or around New York's Hudson Valley? Stop by and say...
View ArticleA Walk in the Late-Autumn Garden
In late-autumn, when the skies are clear, the sun is shining, and leaves are crunching underfoot, I enjoy taking leisurely walks. Would you like to see what I see when I wander the gardens here? Then...
View ArticleMy Gardens in Early April, 2015
How's your garden clean-up coming along? Here in New York's Hudson Valley, I'm still picking up sticks and leaves, and making repairs as the weather allows. More details in this sip and stroll garden...
View ArticleMy Gardens in Mid-May
KA-BOOM! My garden exploded last weekend, when a heatwave roared through the Hudson Valley. Suddenly the crabapples are cloaked in shimmering snow, the tulips are holding pale purple cups, the Dicentra...
View ArticleHow’s Your Veggie Garden Progressing?
How's your veggie patch coming along? Any troubles to report? My own Kitchen Garden is a little pokey this season, thanks to a hot, dry May, and a cool, wet June. Still, the plants are making a valiant...
View ArticleA Short Walk in the Kitchen Garden
Today, I planned to give you the "grand tour" of all the gardens here. But it's too hot and muggy outside! It's the kind of day when sweat stings your eyes. I can't have you running around with...
View ArticleMy Gardens in Snow
Last night, for the very first time during this very warm winter, the heavens spilled some measurable snow in my Hudson Valley 'hood. The total accumulation was only two inches -- enough to make the...
View ArticleMy (Updated) Garden Conservancy “Open Days”
I did not open my gardens to the public last summer. Why? Well, I was busy writing recipes and taking photographs for my cookbook (it's coming -- I promise!), and there was precious little time to pull...
View ArticleSippin’ and Strollin’ in the May Garden
In mid-May, when the days are warm, the air is fragrant, and the phlox subulata (above) is in bloom, I like to spend a little quality-time outdoors. Would you like to see what's shaking in the gardens...
View ArticleYour July Veggie Garden Report…and Mine
How's your veggie patch progressing? Any problems to report? My own Kitchen Garden, above, got off to a later-than-usual start this year. But the tomatoes are climbing, the potatoes are vining,...
View ArticleMy Garden in Mid-October, 2016
Brrr! Jack Frost pounced on my garden the other night. Buh-bye fragile zinnias and morning glories. Hello, enduring green things and dazzling fall foliage! A virtual tour for you: SWOOSH! We're...
View ArticleA Walk in the Mid-April Garden
Happy mid-April, everyone! The gardens have been slow as molasses this spring, thanks to the unnerving snow and bitter cold of March. But today the birds are singing, the grass is greening, and hey —...
View ArticleVirtual Garden Tour in Late April
Here at Clover Hill (my home in New York’s Hudson Valley, zone 5-b), spring is bustin’ out all over! Would you like to see what I see when I waltz through gardens? Waltz with me, baby. Since you are a...
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