NANCY GOLDMAN
The circular gravel terrace in Nancy Goldman's front garden is simple in shape and materials, garnished with woven steel chairs. 'Black Knight' sweet peas and 'Sunset' runner beans climb the metal screen (above).
Scaling down brings garden's beauty, and joy, into focus
Garden designer Lucy Hardiman has helped shape and reshape her good friend's Portland property over the years. "It's definitely less busy now, and there's more definition to the spaces," says Hardiman after the latest round of renovation.
New garden books to plant by, cook by and simply enjoy
One of the new books goes into great detail on how to successfully grow vegetables right here.
Spring clean those weeds: How to whack back and attack
Please don't use chemicals, urges Natural Gardener columnist Valerie Easton. Herbicides leave their nasty residue in the soil far longer than we thought.
Annuals are the 'ta-daa!' of the garden; here are new additions
If you plant annuals in early May, water and douse them with fertilizer, most will perform in flower and leaf until October. Which is when we're outside to enjoy them.
The new edibles are nutritious, delicious and gorgeous
If you choose varieties well-suited to our climate, you'll be rewarded by fresh taste and the peace of mind that comes with growing your own.
These new perennials bring color and drama, year after year
No other kind of plant is so satisfying. Perennials define seasonality, dying down in autumn and poking back up again each spring.
New garden delights: this week it's trees and shrubs
Remember, no one has grown these new trees and shrubs long enough to know how they'll fare over the long haul.
Nurseries evolve to survive and thrive
Digital technology has changed how people pursue plants and gardening information.
David Perry knows the tricks of the digital-photography trade
"The iPhone is everything you want to do right in the palm of your hand."
Confessions of a fritillaria addict
Some are expensive, others finicky. Valerie Easton knows because she's killed so many off. And, yet, love persists.
Ephemerals bring early light to the drear and shade
They offer hope for a fresh season.