“Portable raised garden beds for the urban square foot gardener.”
I don’t think I’ve ever written such a long blog title, but it works!
It’s exciting to be able to present some space efficient options for those of you who are short on yard space but big on dreams of growing your own food.
One of the most [...]

Eden-Maker Travel
I had Chicago all wrong! 
I was expecting downtown Chicago to be another congested, concrete jungle, as is the case with many high profile cities. Instead, I got a shining example of urban renewal and a model for sidewalk garden chic!
The Chicago street scape I saw, especially along Michigan Avenue, in Chicago’s famed “Magnificent Mile” area [...]

Contaminated tomatoes have supermarkets and restaurants scrambling this week to remove them from their shelves and menus in at least nine states. I hope the people who fell ill to the salmonella poisoning are back on their feet soon. Times like this make me appreciate the fact that I grow many of my own [...]

Before- A small patch of grass and a lone palm tree- did someone run out of plants or ideas?
I’m not against front lawns per se, just uninspired designs like this one that are ultimately a waste of water and time to maintain. My clients,  Joe and Randi Grinbaum felt the same way when they looked [...]

My raised vegetable bed is in germination and growing mode with all my favorite lettuces, heirloom tomatoes, squashes, sugar snap peas, curry, chayote and more! Next to gardening, I love to cook and I can’t wait to see the first set of leaves burst through my 2″ layer of mulch. I’m not the [...]

The potting area in this yard,  designed by Shirley Bovshow,  evokes  the feeling of a French flower market. 

I’m busy preparing for my presentation on “Art in the Garden” at Epcot’s International Flower and Garden Festival next week on April 4-7. It’s a big subject, but I’m narrowing it down to functional garden art because I [...]

A lush garden room replaces an unused entry patio in this home.

Before- The concrete entry area is open to the street and serves no purpose.

Think “outside of the box “when creating usable garden rooms in your yard. Don’t overlook your front-yard as a site for a destination area either. This is exactly what landscape designer, Michael Glassman [...]

Shirley Bovshow’s  Garden Vignette for “Good Things Utah”

Container plants are the answer to space-challenged yards and urban patios and balconies with tiny square footage. Instead of just plopping down a mishmash of potted plants, create a “garden vignette” or a grouped collection that tells a cohesive story. A vignette should include a focal point, trees, shrubs, [...]