While many of in in colder climates see plenty of white over the winter (usually!), the use of white in the garden can be extremely effective and deserves serious consideration.  …

My blog posting today was inspired by two inputs on this chilly Sunday.  First of all, we need the punctuation of some color and the promise of spring to get …

With more dreary weather on the way, an examination and appreciation of orange is in order to “warm” things up.  Directly above is an orange theme (annuals) that we planted …

The top photo shows the gorgeous ‘Cherry Cream’ garden phlox (Phlox paniculata) and directly above is  Ka-Pow® Lavender garden phlox (Phlox paniculata ‘Balkapolav’).   On a very cold day after another 6″ …

Today was extremely cold which confirmed that my decision to remove our 7″ of snow from the gardens this past Saturday (thanks Bill!) was prudent!  We all hunkered down in …

It looks like we have some snow on the way!  That didn’t stop a hearty turnout of volunteers (Urban, Kathy P., Dennis, Bill, Dave K. and Amy H.) from coming …

The take down and processing of the Holiday Light Show (HLS) is in full motion starting this week.  We had a couple of full show rentals after the New Year …

I had a nice jaunt to Illinois and back over the last two days.  I was a speaker at the InVigorateU event in Bloomington-Normal, IL yesterday which was a lot …