Garden Architecture Blog

There's a lovely trail up along the Deer Park Trail at the Biltmore Estate.  It starts at the lagoon and goes up to the Walled Garden an...

The winter views have become amazing in the mountains.  The clear air, trees sculpturally outlined in the distance.  Wonderful. I'd post...

 I've spent a lot of time in my study lately, proofing final book copy.  One of the joys was seeing the oak-leaf hydrangea next to the p...

A green treefrog ( Hyla cinerea ) jumped out of the beggar ticks ( Bidens alba ) that I had pulled from the front garden. A bagworm ( Oiketi...

I'm fortunate to live in a wonderful part of the world -- our ancient mountains are rich in biodiversity of all sorts.  And we're bl...

The cold and wind is pushing out the last fall leaves, but I'm reminded of what wonderful fall color that we've had in the Southeast...

There's been a large flock of buzzards coming through at sundown for the last two days.  They swirl around in long, looping circles, as ...