Mel starts his garden designs with big picture elements like mass plantings, shrubs and paths. Check out the before and after photos.
GARDEN THERAPY: More Shady Characters – Perennials and Groundcovers — June 2018
Mel discusses perennials for the woodland by color, and then gets into “some unabashed foliage and texture.”
GARDEN THERAPY: More Shady Characters: Ferns — May 2018
A very interesting article by Mel regarding all types of ferns.
GARDEN THERAPY: Shady Characters – Trees & Shrubs— April 2018
Mel talks about a woodland garden and how to achieve it.
GARDEN THERAPY: Monarchs, Milkweed and Michoacán – March 2018
Mel, spending time in Mexico, connects for us the winter habitat (in Mexico) of the Monarch Butterly with the milkweeds they visit in our neck of the woods.
GARDEN THERAPY: Made in the Shade – Getting Started – February 2018
“…a woodland garden has a sense of peace, sofntess and tranquility that is hard to achieve in a sun-drenched, splashier offering.” Learn the main reasons to have a shade garden and how to get started with one.