Landscaping – Know when to hold them…Plants
Running a small hands on “boutique” landscape and design company is both satisfying and challenging. We run ours out of …
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Garden Quote Friday – Carol Williams, Bringing a Garden to Life
“People are turning to their gardens not to consume but to actively create, not to escape from reality but to …
Nearly instant gratification! Planting an oak
This week we went back to a property were we did a design and install last September. We added another …
Garden Quote Friday – Marina Schinz, Gardening is…
“Gardening is an exercise in optimism. Sometimes, it is a triumph of hope over experience.” – Marina Schinz “Louisiana irises …
Finished our “Urban Texas ” style garden!
The mud pit finally dried up and we put in the flagstone and gravel patio. I talked about this in …
The sky is falling in Texas!
I have always loved wildflowers. I look forward to early spring in Texas when the bluebonnets bloom! I have a …
Using corrigated metal on a shed style roof…a bit of history!
We created this outdoor pergola with a shed roof using cedar and corrugated metal to protect the cook from rain …
Garden Quote Friday – Frances Hodgson Burnett… Is spring coming?
“Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?”… “It is the sun shining on the rain and the …
Madame Plantier roses heralding in the 1st Day of Spring!
Happy Vernal equinox! Equinox comes from Latin meaning “equal night.” Today the amount of daylight hours will equal the …
The beauty and function of Mexican Plum trees.
Many of the trees that we have in our garden here at Ravenscourt are from rip-outs we have done for …
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