Do you ever have that experience downloading photos where you go -- wow! -- I can't believe I captured that image? Garden tours often leave me with that sensation -- though it's more due to the beauty of the gardens than any skill I bring to the party. This year, I visited Monet's Garden in France, where nearly every picture was lovely. Here are a few other favorites from 2012. Interestingly, several of them were take on the same day -- June 23 -- when I visited the Hudson Wis. Garden Tour. The ... Read More about Favorite Garden Photos of 2012
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Softening Your Garden Edges
In early August, I had a chance to visit the garden of impressionist painter Claude Monet at Giverny, France. We were visiting our youngest daughter, who was studying in Paris. Being so close, I had to visit one of the most famous gardens in the world. The garden is lovely. (You can check out my gallery of photos here.) And, one of its most dramatic features is the Grande Allee, which means large path. Monet's Grande Allee is edged with nasturtiums, which crawl across the path over the summer, ... Read More about Softening Your Garden Edges
Five Years of Blogging
Today marks the fifth anniversary of My Northern Garden. I started blogging in September 2007 at a time when garden blogs were sprouting up like dandelions in May, five years after Kathy Purdy started Cold Climate Gardening, which is probably the oldest garden blog for northern gardeners. While I've often written about trends, plants and tips from experts, most of the previous 617 posts stemmed from what was happening in my own garden. Some garden bloggers have suggested recently that garden ... Read More about Five Years of Blogging
How to Add Scent and Sound to Your Garden
This past weekend, I had a chance to visit about a dozen gardens on three tours: the Hennepin County Master Gardeners Learning Tour, the Red Wing Arts Association tour, and the Northfield Garden Club annual tour. One point struck me strongly at all three tours: Gardens are not just visual. We experience them with all our senses: sight, sound, touch, smell -- and, if you grow edibles, taste. To be truly comfortable and evocative, a garden must include sounds, smells and textures as well as ... Read More about How to Add Scent and Sound to Your Garden
More Lessons from Garden Tours
I posted over the weekend about the Hudson, Wis., Artful Garden tour, which included a variety of large and small gardens and different garden styles. On Sunday, I attended the South St. Paul Garden Tour, a one-day event with eight private gardens (and one public) open to the public. The gardens illustrated many of the basic concepts of garden design and demonstrated how to put them into practice in your own yard. Here are four lessons I took away from my afternoon in South St. Paul. Make a ... Read More about More Lessons from Garden Tours
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