Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening is here!
Drumroll please! I’m thrilled to announce that Susan Morrison and I have launched our new website, featuring our book Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces!!!! Check out our...
View ArticleVertical Gardening & Garden Up! Cyber Book Party
Ta Da! Today is the official launch of our book Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces. To celebrate, Susan and I are hosting a cyber book party, complete with door prizes and...
View ArticleDrumroll please! And the winners are….
Last week, we had a HUGE Cyberparty in celebration of the release of our book Garden Up!, where we got the chance to meet so many new people! Thank you ALL for stopping by, leaving your comments (most...
View ArticleGarden Designers Roundtable – Garden Up! Director’s Cut
Our new book, Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces, made its debut this past week and Susan Morrison and I are thrilled that our fellow Roundtablers will be writing their own...
View ArticleThe Latest from the Garden Up! Promotion Trail
I’m so excited to be giving my very first radio interview this Saturday morning (April 2nd) at 8:15 am (that’s A.M. folks)! And not just any ol’ radio interview, but with one of my favorite programs –...
View ArticleLiving Walls in a San Francisco Community Garden
While in San Francisco recently, I stumbled upon this community garden sandwiched in between a really busy road and an apartment building. It’s a community garden built and maintained by a homeless...
View ArticleCottage Gardens in Petaluma – Garden Up’s next stop!
If you love clematis, edibles, succulents and everything in between then Cottage Gardens of Petaluma is nursery you MUST visit! Many already know this nursery as one of the best sources around for...
View ArticleA Fireplace Mantle gets a new home
While driving around in the rain a few months ago, I spotted this old fireplace mantle leaning behind a dumpster with a bunch of junk piled on top of it. The dumpster was behind a furniture staging...
View ArticleThink vertically when designing side yards
In one of the chapters of our book Garden Up! Susan and I write about maximizing your garden’s side yard. These spaces are often neglected, and turn into dumping grounds for junky items collected over...
View ArticleWindow boxes help add vertical interest to your garden
I guess I just can’t stop thinking about gardening up (can you blame me?) When writing our book, Garden Up, Susan Morrison and I had to draw the line somewhere, and unfortunately a few topics didn’t...
View ArticleOur Small Space episode on Growing a Greener World
A few months ago I wrote about the fabulous day Susan Morrison and I had with the crew from Growing a Greener World (see below). Well, I’m thrilled to be able to share the episode with you all,...
View ArticleLandscaping for Privacy – Book Review
When meeting with new clients for the first time, the issue of privacy almost always tops their list of ‘must-haves’. Whether gardening in sprawling estates or in tight residential quarters, gardeners...
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