Garden Tour

A Garden Hideaway Design for the Entire Family

by Seasonal Wisdom on April 11, 2013

Looking for a garden design that provides plenty of outdoor places to escape for the entire family? Take an armchair tour of this award-winning Urban Castaways garden design from the 2013 Northwest Flower & Garden Show in Seattle.

From a soothing waterfall to sophisticated spots for adults to a fun play area for kids, this versatile garden has it all. Even an outhouse!

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Fountains Make Splash at 2013 Northwest Flower and Garden Show

by Seasonal Wisdom on March 2, 2013

From traditional garden fountains to contemporary styles, such as this one above, water treatments were making a splash at the 2013 Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle recently.

Regardless of your design style, you’ll find a good mix of fountains in this post. Come take a look and see for yourself… Read the full article →

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Naturalistic Garden Trends at 2013 Northwest Flower and Garden Show

February 27, 2013

Rocks, natural woods and plants with four-season appeal played starring roles at the recent 2013 Northwest Flower & Garden Show. This Asian-inspired garden was just one of several naturalistic demonstration gardens that helped visitors forget they were indoors on a chilly February day in Seattle. Find garden ideas for your home by seeing how these [...]

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The High Line Takes Root in New York City

November 19, 2012

On an historic freight rail line elevated above the streets of Manhattan’s West Side is the High Line — a lush urban garden, filled with trees, flowering shrubs, native plants and grasses. A natural oasis in a cement jungle, the High Line extends nearly 1 1/2 miles over the crowded city streets. This groundbreaking urban [...]

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A Tour of Idaho Bird Observatory

November 7, 2012

When it comes to observing raptors, such as this gorgeous Cooper’s Hawk, there are few places in the western United States better than the Idaho Bird Observatory (IBO). This non-profit research unit of Boise State University is world-renowned for the diversity of raptors and songbirds that migrate through this region in the autumn. To understand [...]

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Chicago’s Peterson Garden Project – Built for Victory

August 6, 2012

Who says you can’t grow garden-fresh foods in the city? Thousands of urban gardeners are growing their own food in Chicago – many for the first time – in more than 650 community garden plots scattered throughout the third largest metropolitan area in the United States. The organic gardens were spearheaded by the Peterson Garden [...]

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Garden Trends from 2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show

February 15, 2012

See the latest garden trends with this armchair tour of the 2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show, recently held in Seattle. The nation’s second largest show had lots of clever ideas to incorporate into your own garden, no matter how small. Above is a gorgeous garden that featured four-season interest, even in late-winter.

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Great Gardening Ideas at 2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show

January 19, 2012

The 2012 Northwest Flower & Garden Show is not only the nation’s second largest garden show it’s also the third largest show in the world. As Seattle plans its 23rd annual event, Feb. 8-12, Seasonal Wisdom is providing a “behind-the-scenes” look at this top-rated source of gardening ideas, exhibitors and presentations, including two upcoming talks [...]

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At Home With P. Allen Smith

May 17, 2011

My mother used to say that when she died, she imagined heaven would look like Charlottesville, Virginia. She really meant Monticello, the famous country estate that belonged to Thomas Jefferson, with its Neoclassic architecture, orderly kitchen gardens and Southern charm. I thought about her often, while touring P. Allen Smith’s 650-acre Moss Mountain Farm, outside of Little Rock, [...]

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Garden Tours: Southern Plantations to French Estates

May 3, 2011

From Southern plantations to European-inspired estates, these three gardens, designed by P. Allen Smith, provided attendees of the first annual Garden2Blog event with plenty of ideas to apply to our own outdoor spaces. Even if our gardens aren’t nearly as big as the one photographed at the Murphy residence in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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