Years of Septembers starting out with new grades, new teachers and new learning horizons embedded in my mind that August is the mont...

Like an artist's paint palette exploded, the garden is alive with color everywhere I look. I've decided to feature a bloom a day...

Like an artist's paint palette exploded, the garden is alive with color everywhere I look. I've decided to feature a bloom a day ...

I was having to give a corner of the garden a "haircut" the other day in order to make the path passable. Under the huge (and I...

There are two rosebushes that don't bloom during the warmer months along with the rest. Instead they bloom in the cooler months. I don...

Sometimes no words are necessary and a rose can speak for itself.

Send the above customizable e-card FREE by click here I've posted before about my own little "Secret Garden" of so...

I'm trying hard to keep moving forward, to continue to believe in the magic, and to let my curiosity lead me down new creative paths. Wa...

The sun is shining today with white puffy clouds against a blue sky. It's like nature is wishing us a Happy Valentine's Day a day e...

The weather has finally cooled enough for me to venture back out into the garden in earnest and do the necessary trimming and cleanup after ...

Click here to view large I used the wonderful texture from swimmingintheether's collection The "Abraham Darby" (a David Auste...

Lilacs on our warm climate "Lavender Lady" lilac bushes It seems that everything is blooming in blues and purples right now in the...

Used my Worn blue cover texture available along with my other free textures . I also used a dirty plaster texture but can't remember ...

One solitary rose is blooming on the mystery rosebush in the back garden. Its pink petals stand out so starkly against the grey browns of th...

Many moons ago when I was in high school, by favorite color combination was peach and green. Hence, my junior prom dress was green, and my s...

When we came to live at Rosehaven Cottage (before it became Rosehaven Cottage) things were pretty barren around the non-existent gardens . ...

As the days get shorter and the nights get chillier here in the San Francisco Bay Area, the garden is putting on its unique autumn attire. ...

Since the majority of my roses in the garden were developed or introduced long after the era of the vintage botanical print, I thought it mi...

Our extended summer has even prompted the somewhat picky "Irish Cream" rose to bloom a third time this year. I was really taken w...