Spraying your yard for mosquitoes kills bees. It’s not so great for people either. The “low-toxicity” pyrethrins and such that you can have sprayed on your plants (“Lasts almost a month! Kills ticks and fleas!”); or fogged in your garden…
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You may have noticed a cascade of “planted” logs in a front garden on Springdale Road (Druid Hills). We are using them to interrupt surface-water runoff, improve the soil, and hold water during drought. Because they are rather beautiful—gathering…
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"What are the cheapest, biggest, fastest trees I can get?" This is my brother on the phone. He lives on a rambling half-acre in the Lavista Hills area in the same house where we grew up. He is likely still…
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I was checking the grounds for a summer camp art class when--as though by stage direction (Enter Stage Left)--a sweet-faced workman in overalls walked up and asked me, “What is everyone doing here?” We were on a beautiful campus in the countryside…
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Early Saturday in December, our tiny front garden: the grasses are bathed in light. Behind them are the dog walkers, joggers, cars, and houses of this urban, early 1900s Atlanta neighborhood. But this patch, with each cobweb and feathery seed…
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A friend of mine was visiting and blithely called my front garden “cottage style.” It was one of those “Duhh” moments. I specialize in designing small, urban residential properties where clients cram in as many native plants, organic veggies and…
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