Traveling Gardener – Cooper Molera Abode Gardens in Monterey. Thinking Outside the Boxwood GARDEN DESIGN, Landscape Design, The Traveling Gardener

Traveling Gardener – Cooper Molera Abode Gardens in Monterey

When we travel to new cities it is a balance of planned destinations and wondering to uncover the unexpected. Once while driving through Connecticut to White Flower Farm we drove past Guy Wolff’s pottery studio. We turned around and spent an hour watching Guy throw a pot, asked him questions about his process and toured his studio. Then we bought … READ MORE

How to select spring and early summer flowering bulbs for bloom sequence and height within exisiting perennial garden - Thinking Outside the boxwood Advice, Bulbs, GARDEN DESIGN

Planning for Fall Bulb Planting

Gardeners split time between taking care of the now, and planning for weeks, days and months in the future. October is one of the times we are busy working in the now with seasonal cut backs and clean ups while working for the garden 6 months from now with bulbs.   I have two bulb planting strategies: collected/accidental and methodical/designed. … READ MORE

The Maine Entrance - Building our natural entrance to our property. Thinking Outside The Boxwood GARDEN DESIGN

The Maine Entrance

Last fall, the family made our first trip to Maine and of course we fell in love. We drove the whole way (and made so many garden stops), and got to spend a magical week exploring Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor with our dearest friends. Exploring cities, garden, parks, farms and just about anywhere can be a huge source … READ MORE

Traveling Garden Designer - Hollister House American Gardens, The Traveling Gardener

The Traveling Garden Designer: Hollister House Gardens

As the family and I travel we make planned stops along the way to gardens of special interest.  Sometimes the garden is the final destination and sometimes it is a pit stop.  Hollister House Garden is indeed a garden of special interest.  Situated in the beautiful and serine Litchfield County in northwestern Connecticut amongst the rolling hills and well stocked … READ MORE

Summer Silver Garden | Thinking Outside the Boxwood | Design by Nick McCullough G A R D E N S, My Work

Summer Silver Garden

Earlier this summer I shared my plans for redesigning the garden between our house and the garage HERE. Originally the bed was planted with hydrangea and feather reed grass, and the hydrangeas were great, but the grade was never fully right from the concrete installation. Overall, it was just OK. From our traveling to Chanticleer and Longwood Gardens last fall, we … READ MORE