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I enjoy connecting patterns seen in fashion to garden design, so when my daughter purchased a pair of socks covered in triangles I began my search for...

Since February is the month of love I thought it would be fun to go on a garden heart scavenger hunt. Some of my finds are below and many more can be ...

I always carry a sketchbook with me.  It's my place to capture ideas...whether in words or images.  I started this quest to save my thoughts in large ...

A fun way to approach planting design is to visualize your garden in elevation (looking at your garden as if you were standing in front of it). Once y...

Garden design can be intimidating when we don’t know where to start, so let me help you tiptoe into this beautiful new world. I’ll provide the garden ...

We are currently learning about color pencil in my landscape graphics class, so I made this tutorial on rendering a plant symbol for my students.  As ...

Marie Vidmar from the beautiful state of California, emailed to ask if she could use my planting design tips for a future plant trade day she was plan...

Drawing plant symbols in plan view is a great way to step into garden graphics. It starts with a circle, then you can embellish it as you wish (though...

Each year when I teach my students about drawing plant symbols there is always confusion about what I mean by on-center vs. spread, so in anticipation...

I weeded a lot this summer and that means I had a lot of thinking time. Time to think about how the type of bed edge determined how much time I spent ...

Here in the US Midwest (zones 4 & 5) our predominant native plant community is prairie (what's left of it). Rolling hills, open plains, fewer trees, f...

As gardeners we strive to learn as many plants as possible.  We learn by weeding around them, taking photos and notes, and simply working with them.  ...