Garden Architecture Blog

It's March. It's time here in the Southeastern U.S. The blueberry buds are swelling. Carolina jessamine flowers on the front porch r...

Even if the weather doesn't seem like spring, and is unusual for late February, plants and animals mark and take notice of lengthening d...

Even though it's just at the end of January, there are signs of spring to come. Buds swelling, bluebirds and robins flocking, songs begi...

Coming down the Blue Ridge Escarpment this evening, the trees looked different. Leaves are emerging. Greening has begun. It still looked lik...

Finally, a day worthy of real spring.  Clear blue sky. Temps in the mid-70°s. Redbuds in flower and dogwoods well along. I planted sprouted ...

In spite of a nasty cold northerly wind today, bringing yet more freezing temperatures, spring is definitely here in the Carolinas.  It'...

From daffodils to Oconee bells, flowering has commenced.  Hooray! The Asian cherries in the median of our small city's entrance are in f...

A mild winter day was welcome after the deep freeze of January (and the natural gas bill that accompanied it -- yikes, it was at least a thi...

The first Carolina Jessamine flowers have opened, both outside my study window and along the front step railing.  Well-expanded flower buds ...

I've been so distracted by other concerns that I've neglected my garden lately.  We've enjoyed summer green beans (from the ches...