Featured on the Garden World Report Show

The latest “Garden World Report” show  is all about plants and  the good things that people are doing with them to enhance our communities and the lives of others.

It is our most ambitious Garden World Report show to date and includes reports from Denmark, Australia and the USA!

What’s [...]

Many of my container gardens are made from repurposed materials, plant cuttings anything that strikes my fancy at the moment.

A little “eye candy” for the container garden enthusiast!

Create a vignette using inexpensive “Coca Cola” glasses from the Dollar Store, filled with gravel, sand and succulent cuttings. The mosaic bottle unifies the look.

A repurposed  muffin pan [...]

It’s exciting to hear that garden television shows are still being produced these days!

With the lack of shows on the television lineups you would think no one was interested in gardening.

How wrong!

My friend, Joe Lamp’l, also known as “Joe Gardener” is launching his first show as “Executive Producer” today!

About “Growing a Greener World”

“Growing a [...]

I’m always looking for new ways to display plants in the landscape or in container gardens.

When your “day job” is as a garden designer,  it’s par for the course.

Here are two my my latest unconventional succulent plant displays that I hope will inspire you to think outside of the box in your garden!

These also make [...]

Do you have a favorite garden blog that you visit frequently?

(Hint, hint!)

Does it feature incredible writing, photographs and offer you a never-ending  source of  garden inspiration?

Nominate it for a “Mouse and Trowel” award!

The Mouse and Trowel awards recognizes excellence in garden blogging and is the brainchild of Colleen Vanderlinden, writer and garden blogger.

There are many [...]

The latest “Garden World Report Show” is a fun, garden-design extravaganza with highlights from the  San Francisco Flower and Garden Show 2010!

Are you ready for some fresh and innovative ideas for your garden this spring?

In addition to “team coverage” of the SF Flower and Garden Show, Garden World Report presents the latest gardening news from [...]

These  gorgeous, three-tier container gardens were spotted in front of the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago where I stayed this week.

The copper pots caught my attention first and then I noticed how dynamic the arrangement was in general.

Not only are the pots a feature in this landscape, but the “understory” planting of bulbs and annuals all work [...]

Do you prefer to use common names for plants or are you a botanical Latin maven?

As a professional landscape designer and garden communicator who does a lot of public speaking and television, I HAD to learn botanical Latin.

It’s the universal language of horticulture!

Do you see a “creeping fig” vine or a Ficus repens clinging to [...]

“Garden Inspiration for Spring” is the theme for the season premiere of the Garden World Report Show as well as a number of other exciting stories.

This is the first show of the new season for  the Garden World Report which is now being shot in HD quality. I’m also very jazzed about a couple of [...]

Shirley has been a busy girl these days!

I’m designing landscapes in Los Angeles, producing and hosting an online garden TV talk show, the”Garden World Report,” and I have a new venture I’m kicking off today!

I was invited to participate along with a group of  very talented garden designers from North America and the UK  in a “Garden [...]

Shirley has been a busy girl these days!

I’m designing landscapes in Los Angeles, producing and hosting an online garden TV talk show, the “Garden World Report,” and I have a new venture I’m kicking off today!

I was invited to participate along with a group of  very talented garden designers from North America and the UK [...]

Would you believe after 4 years of blogging, I have my first guest blogger?

It so happens that I’ve  been thinking about writing about outdoor wood selection for some time now and then I met Hazel Jennings, writer for the CedarStore.com.

Hazel writes about wood for a living!  So Hazel and I agreed to “guest blog” on [...]