May 21 , 2024

Hot Weather, Cool Vibes

As new plantings , they do need water supply , so keep an heart on the ground moisture . It really help to manipulate up some shade for a week or two ( even old newspapers clip to interest ) while ascendent acclimatise .

at last , last May we steer to San Antonio to run into Jeffrey Harris and Kevin George in their San Antonio garden . initiate pretty much from scratch , their collaborative imagination , creative reuse , and gamey fun ferment an empty backyard into a sensory voyage . Circular paths amble from vibrant poolside color to tranquil conversation nooks . “ Before I start , I did n’t really know anything . So , it ’s been an dangerous undertaking , ” he tell us . Windsor stones come in ready to hand to summate dimension in this matte yard . Jeffrey stacked them to set a poolside alcove . “ As this was kind of close to the pool pack of cards , I protrude thinking like , I really require to make more of a rounded signifier of garden where there ’s plants in a roach rather than in a line , ” Jeffrey said . Native and accommodate florescence perennials and annuals join evergreen for a sensation of amour . Bees and butterflies also like to hang out here . “I cultivate as a social doer for many year and that work was passably stressful . So , I necessitate a place to de - stress . And I had been to a few garden around the nation , and I always found them so tranquil and they really create this sense of heartsease for me , ” he said . “ And I intend , you know what ? I desire that at my own house so I do n’t have to keep jaunt to all these different garden . ”Read our blog , published sooner this twelvemonth .

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smiling woman on TV set with herbs on baskets and jars of honey

Thanks for barricade by ! See you next time , Linda

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woman coming through gate with large basket of cut herbs

bottles of herbal tinctures and jars and packets of dried herbs

woman smiling at camera in room with large basket of herbs on a table and shelves of bottles behind her

large pink rose in front of berms and swales herbs and flower beds around large leafless mulberry tree in December

field of vivid orange and red flowers against old building

smiling woman at back of open vehicle trunk; carts of plants and 3 crew members (1 woman and 2 men) smiling

man and woman on CTG studio set with plants

orange, red, and yellow flowered Indian blanket wildflower against strappy Mexican feather grass and agave with white margins

rusty hued grasses against street

golden-hued seed heads on grass at Wildflower Center

fluffy white seed head and seed heads of lindheimer muhly beyond

fluffy looking russet-colored grass seed head

man and woman on CTG set looking at various plants

slightly oval-shaped leaves on shrub with strappy iris and fuzzy-looking Mexican honeysuckle leaves and purple gazing ball

vivid magenta berries

mounding plant with purple flowers

bee in tubular purple flowers

stone-lined garden bed next to house filled with young plants. A pathway of flagstones set on crushed granite ends at a wide patio

narrow-leaved plant with small purple flower

slender leaves on plant with small lavender flowers growing close to the stem

man standing in backyard garden entrance with sign that reads Bienvinedo

blue chaise lounges on grassy spot next to raised beds of colorful plants

flagstone and gravel path bordered by plants to large iron gazebo and sky blue flowers