It's the first week of October and today registered a HOT 98 degrees in Los Angeles. Perfect weather for designing fall container gardens! Oh, I'm not complaining about the perennial sunshine; I only wish "sweater weather" would set in soon. No matter how…
4 Comments / 665 View / October 3, 2014
I designed a three tiered, stackable container garden with a message for the Fourth of July for my gardening segment on the Home & Family show recently. Along the front of a trio of stacked, white terra-cotta pots, I painted the…
2 Comments / 1000 View / June 16, 2014
My fingers are still tender from working on my DIY bunny rabbit topiary made from a repurposed tomato cage and floral netting! After trying six different design approaches for the bunny topiary, I finally settled on using a tomato cage…
2 Comments / 1577 View / April 3, 2014
My latest miniature garden is titled, "Emerald Isle," inspired by the misty, mossy, verdant landscape of Ireland. I created this tabletop-sized landscape for the "Home and Family" show, Hallmark channel's popular daytime home and garden talk show. The Hallmark channel is all about…
2 Comments / 1036 View / March 12, 2014
I'm going to show you how to make a trendy, modular monogram succulent wall planter from wood crates you buy at the craft store. There are no tools involved and this is probably one of the easiest vertical wall planters…
8 Comments / 2249 View / February 19, 2014
I designed a miniature rose garden featuring repurposed glass bottles which I made into an arbor just in time for Valentines Day! Don't ask me where I get my wild ideas, I just get them. I have a collection of gorgeous liquor…
1 Comment / 2303 View / February 5, 2014
I have some creative ideas for displaying mounted Staghorn ferns using repurposed materials and no nails! This tutorial was presented on the Home & Family show on the Hallmark channel where I appear as the garden lifestyle and design…
0 Comments / 15279 View / January 30, 2014
