This is the start of a series of posts about an ongoing project that I’m working on here in New Jersey. I first visited the house in the spring of 2014 to discuss the homeowners’ needs and desires for the property. They had already done a great deal of work on the home, adding on to the […]
Montclair Landscape Design
The Beauty of Winter
As a gardener, I struggle terribly with winter. Even at the end of the summer, the thought alone of the coming winter can make me blue. This year, however, I’m trying to think differently. It is my goal to view this winter as both an opportunity to relax after a busy gardening season and as a time to plan […]
Landscaping Before and After
Sometimes it’s hard to imagine what can be possible for a landscape. You look through magazines or see photos of completed landscape design projects and they are beautiful and perfectly manicured. You might think you could never achieve that in your own garden. But what a different picture it would give you if you saw the before images. What is […]
For the Love of Pruning
As I drive around Montclair, my eyes are always looking at houses and gardens. Of course, it might be better to keep them more clearly on the road but I can’t help myself; I have to look. Often times I see gardens that I love and they are an inspiration to me. They must give […]
Keeping a Garden Diary
When I first moved to New Jersey, I was a bridal gown designer with no gardening experience. As a child, I grew up in a row house in Brooklyn and then lived in apartments in New York City. There wasn’t much to garden in either of those locations. When we moved to NJ, to a one […]
