Terry, Big John and I hit the road early up to Madison for a “retreat” to see some other gardens and chat with other horticulturists.  Due to scheduling issues, the …

After another deluge last night of 6/10th of an inch of rain, the gardens are sufficiently wet everywhere I would say!  We were commenting today that this July has seen …

I’ll admit that I was a bit worried that the rain predicted for both this past Saturday and Sunday didn’t materialize.  I envisioned a day full of irrigation, moving sprinklers …

In brief, the Home Garden Tour was a wonderful success today.  All eight home gardens were beautiful and enjoyed by over 500 attendees on this fine day.  Thankfully, the weather …

Today was a warm and sunny, summer day with lots of visitors out in the gardens.  It was nice to see so many people enjoying the garden throughout the day. …

The summer heat is finally showing up with a high today near 80 degrees F.  This, of course, necessitated more watering and irrigation but we were prepared and ready for …

Today was another cool one at around 72 degrees F.  The sunshine was welcome and it looks like we’ll head in to some hotter weather later in the week.  We …

After another 2/10 of an inch of rain last night, the day cooled off and was mostly overcast and around 75 degrees F.  The sporadic sunshine was welcome, as was …

Today had some nice rain over the late morning which was a timely arrival.  We never count on the rain as we’ve regretted doing that in the past after it …

With the impending Holiday weekend, we had a busy day tidying up the gardens and getting ready for the inevitable influx of visitors.  Today was extremely busy!  Nice shot above …