Inside Ricky’s Flower Market
Don’t you love life’s unexpected moments? The ones that are eye opening and leave you feeling as if you happened upon a treasure? This...
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
We were on holiday in the UK this very month last year visiting friends. There wasn't much time to research points of interest before...
Flower Power: Carrizo Plain Super Bloom
Can you say flower power?
We happened upon the Carrizo Plain not by chance. In fact, more than one person insisted we make the trip....
Pacific Northwest Flower Revivial
It was a grey, rainy weekend in October when I stumbled upon this West Seattle farmer's market. It was honestly mind boggling to think of...
5 Learnings From the Good Shepherd P-Patch
It was around this time last year that I hopped on a plane to Seattle and had the fortune to visit the Good Shepherd...
Grow What You Love: Lake Erie Summer Garden
There's an endearing little community on the shores of Lake Erie, hidden by miles of farm fields and far from the beaten track of...
Farm Stand at the Old Brick Store
If you find yourself in Vermont, not far outside Burlington, you might be lucky enough to stumble upon this little farm stand. Situated on...
Nutwalk at Sissinghurst
It was this stand of Kentish cobnuts (a type of hazelnut) and an old, determined rose found buried under brambles in the orchard at...
Grow What You Love: The High Line, NYC
A couple short weeks ago I paid a visit to New York City, which also meant an afternoon of wandering the High Line. If...
A Local Nursery: Shelburne Vermont
Just last week, I was driving down a country lane in Shelburne, Vermont when I found this little nursery -- tucked away from the...
New Perspective on The High Line
Lights, horns, sirens, snippets of passerby conversation, bustle. Unavoidably conspicuous billboards spanning buildings and city blocks. Reactive tests of physical ability to maneuver and...
Green Gulch Flower Gardens
It's easy to get busy. Between work, chores, groceries, children or simply opening mail there is often not much time left over. Especially when...
3 Trails You Won’t Want to Miss
The Marin Headlands and Mt. Tamalpais watershed are an unbelievable treasure of wildness, trails and eye-popping vistas. It's crazy to think that millions of...
Cosmic Launch
We're making the plunge. Moving "off the hill" to the San Francisco Bay Area. Most folks in the Lake Tahoe area wonder why we...
Swanton Berry Farm Store – The Fresh Side Up
It doesn't look like much from the outside but when you walk into the Swanton Berry Farm store it's a wonderful shock to the...
Five Reasons to go to a you-pick Blueberry Farm
The next best thing to growing your own blueberries is a you-pick blueberry farm. Here are five reasons to give it a try:
1. Try...
Pistil Passing at Annie’s
I checked out Annie's Annuals website before making the journey to her Richmond, CA nursery. One of the first bits to pop off her...
Farmstand Facelift
Farmstands in Southern Ontario range from eye catching abundance to others that are simply sunflower bunches waiting at the end of a driveway, a...
