Personal, Uncategorized
I got back from my trip last Friday and quickly back into the full swing of work (hence why I am just posting). I took the first weekend to recoup from the lack of sleep on the plane ride home and delighted friends and family with slideshows of my 3,000 plus photos. I am still in the process of flagging … READ MORE
Book Recommendation, Uncategorized
So I am officially in The Netherlands now, so this post is launching via some help back at home. I have a deep weak spot for design books. In my suitcase I am bringing an extra bag just for flying home all the garden design books I plan to buy throughout my trip. Here are two book recommendations for those … READ MORE
G A R D E N S, Personal, Uncategorized
I thought next week would never get here, but after such a busy summer it came faster than expected. I am going to The Netherlands and Belgium with the Perennial Plant Association (PPA) for a 14 day tour of 25 gardens, nurseries and flower shows. It is what my wife is calling the ultimate plant geek tour, but I am … READ MORE
Inspiration, Personal, Uncategorized
This weekend we made a quick visit up to the Northern Detroit area to pick up something for a client at Detroit Garden Works. We decided to make it a little vacation and stayed the night outside Birmingham and visited some family in Northwest Ohio. Both Allison and I love the area of Birmingham for food, shopping and walking the neighborhoods. … READ MORE
Inspiration, wood walls
Just over a week ago, Ohio experienced a major storm that brought down trees and branches in almost every yard. Our house made it through with only a few small branches, but our neighbors and a few clients were not so lucky and lost complete trees. The clean up of tree limbs can be dangerous and labor intensive (especially in … READ MORE
C O N T A I N E R S, McCullough, My Work, Uncategorized
I finally remembered to get a photo of our front door container planted this year. Our landscape has a lot of greens, whites and purples, so I try to use the same colors in our container with modern influences taken from our home’s ranch architecture. The plant combo this year is limited to four, but only three are currently visible. The … READ MORE
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Last year I shared photos of a client’s antique urns planted with Agave Americana and Silver Falls Dichondra. Over the winter we stored the agave in our greenhouse and on Monday we replanted the plants in the same containers. You can see from the team planting how large both the containers and the agave plants are and how it impacts the landscape. … READ MORE
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We spent our Memorial Day weekend at home with family and friends. Since we were having company over I needed to get our containers planted and managed finish Sunday afternoon. Typical plant selection at home is a compromise with plants Allison requests and those I have been saving from our greenhouse. I replaced our front door container, so moved the old one … READ MORE
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In April, Williams Sonoma introduced Agrarian, its newest extension of the brand taking its customers beyond preparing food to growing it. The merchandise is stocked within 6 stores and has a complete assortment online. The merchandise includes items for gardening, bee keeping, raising chickens and cheese making, all of which enforces the brand’s over all mission to bring people together around food. … READ MORE