I associate the garden with the whole experience of being alive, and so, there is nothing in the range of human experience that is separate from what the garden can signify in its eagerness and its insistence, and in its driving energy to live ~~to grow, to bear fruit. Stanley Kunitz



Welcome to my Central Florida Garden Blog where we garden combining Florida natives, Florida-Friendly plants, and tropicals.

Visit Me at Lowe's Garden Blog

Lowe's Home Improvement Store has done a lot to get great ideas in the hands of homeowners. They have three print magazines and several online blogs packed full with colorful photos and handy tips and articles.

I've been asked to represent (Florida) the Gulf Coast for their Lowe's Creative Ideas Garden Grow Along Blog. 

Joining an amazing company of writers from around the country it has been an exciting and adventurous endeavor. You can find every author's articles published monthly and/or bi-monthly on Lowes' Creative Ideas website. It might take a few clicks to get to the garden blogs from there:
  • Click on blogs
  • Then on the right side bar click on Garden Grow Along
  • Then you can choose an author or choose by the month
It would be so fun if you left me a comment over there.  I promise to respond. :-)

Sign up here to get your copy of the print magazine with my Garden Where You Live articles. They are produced twice a year. Once in the spring and once at the end of the summer.

To help you find my online articles  I've linked to my specific blogs under each photo below. Every article is written from an assigned topic but pertains to my garden unless otherwise stated.


Gardening-Inspired Gifts


Classic Houseplants for Outdoor Use


Garden Friends With Wings



Three Autumn Ways To Revive Your Garden



Fragrance Makes Scents in the Garden



Think 'Evergreen' When Edging Pathways


Drought-Weary Solutions
 
Hard Working Liriope

Marie Selby Gardens


$100 Challenge:: Succulent Birdbath

Before and After :: Removal of Sword Fern
Soften Edges to Imitate Nature

Simple Steps for Planting Caladium Bulbs

Just Add Chartreuse
 
Effective and Colorful Shady Garden Plants

Feathered Friends and Plants to Attract Them

Conscentious Lawn Maintenance March 2011
 

Flowering Glories of Spring February 2011

 

Fresh Edibles: Grow Them For The Family February 2011




 Dreams and Realties January 2011


 Blending Outdoors With Indoors December 2010

Disclosure: My Lowe's post entries are always my own thoughts and words. I am being compensated by Lowe's 
for representing the Gulf Coast Blog for them.

September 2010

Back Garden: October 2010

Louise Philippe: Antique Rose