Photo: There Blooms a Garden Winter has well and truly come to Northwestern Ontario. The harsh temperatures have me hunkered down indoors, using my computer as a window on gardens that bloom online.
I am amazed at where a few judicious links can take an avid reader-about-all-things-horticultural. And, I'm equally grateful for the talented landscape designers and plantsmen who tend a weblog as well as a garden or two.
I've selected three sites – each exceptional in my view – that offer views (and lovely vistas) related to naturalist planting. I invite you to dip into the writing on these sites.
I am amazed at where a few judicious links can take an avid reader-about-all-things-horticultural. And, I'm equally grateful for the talented landscape designers and plantsmen who tend a weblog as well as a garden or two.
I've selected three sites – each exceptional in my view – that offer views (and lovely vistas) related to naturalist planting. I invite you to dip into the writing on these sites.
Photo: Noel Kingsbury Noel's Garden Blog
Noel Kingbury is a noted UK educator and researcher who has collaborated on many excellent gardening books. His blog is an excellent window on horticulture in Britain and the EU.
Noel Kingbury is a noted UK educator and researcher who has collaborated on many excellent gardening books. His blog is an excellent window on horticulture in Britain and the EU.
Photo: Noel Kingsbury Thomas Rainer's Grounded Design
Provocative posts highlight trends and shifting thinking in landscape design, particularly in the US. Find out about 'intermingling' – the latest trend in landscaping – and the broader movement to naturalize our landscapes.
Provocative posts highlight trends and shifting thinking in landscape design, particularly in the US. Find out about 'intermingling' – the latest trend in landscaping – and the broader movement to naturalize our landscapes.
Photo: Tony Spencer The New Perennialist
Toronto-based garden writer Tony Spencer offers his views on landscape design in his weblog about perennial plantings.
Toronto-based garden writer Tony Spencer offers his views on landscape design in his weblog about perennial plantings.
There now. Didn't that soften the bite of winter? Visit these sites in the cold weeks ahead and warm to new ideas in plant selection and design.
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Find other suggested garden blogs and reliable online resources in The Resource Trug on this site.
Find other suggested garden blogs and reliable online resources in The Resource Trug on this site.
