by eyesore | Mar 31, 2015 | Container Plantings, Courtyard Gardens, Gardens, Hardscapes, Landscape Design, Landscape Styles, Small Spaces
The smaller the space the more important each element becomes. This is true withboth interior and exterior spaces, with the difference in the outside being the ceiling height; i.e, the sky that is gloriously endless. At Gardens to...
by MarciaWeber | Nov 29, 2014 | Gardens
There is more to Turkey than cornbread dressing with four vegetable sides. There is an entire country the size of Texas to explore, and I was fortunate to see a part of it in October. My curiosity about Mogul and Islamic gardens from the Ottoman empire led me to...
by MarciaWeber | Jul 14, 2014 | Gardens, Landscape Design, Landscape Styles
My recent summer travels took me to Portugal with a group of fellow Institute of Classical Art and Architecture members.* I was prepared to see plenty of sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century houses and public buildings, but I was surprised by the...
by eyesore | Jun 2, 2014 | Gardens, Plants
Magnolias, hydrangeas, geraniums, roses galore, honeysuckle, confederate jasmine, daisies, lawns and weeds. All these beauties and more are in glorious bloom right now, in May. Many of these make for a sweetly scented walk down my driveway and through the garden. Here...
by MarciaWeber | Jan 27, 2014 | Gardens
This time of year I get antsy with the heebie-jeebies, jumpin’ heebie-jeebies. That’s the slang we used in Mississippi when we children had to stay indoors too long. Perhaps the adult word is “anxious”, meaning full of desire and endeavor; eager for a thing,...
by MarciaWeber | Jan 27, 2014 | Gardens
This time of year I get antsy with the heebie-jeebies, jumpin’ heebie-jeebies. That’s the slang we used in Mississippi when we children had to stay indoors too long. Perhaps the adult word is “anxious”, meaning full of desire and endeavor; eager for...
