written by Lisa Briggs
It’s June and by the end of the month, many a gardeners’ most hated day of the entire summer will be here – the annual emergence of the dreaded Japanese Beetles.

written by Lisa Briggs
Early summer is an especially nice time to start a garden journal. Your what-to-do-in-the-garden-today lists have shortened and everything is just so achingly beautiful.

written by Lisa Briggs
After a wet April, the month of May, was pretty dry. There’s no way to predict what June, and the rest of summer has in store for us weather-wise.

written by Lisa Briggs
I’ve gardened in some pretty eclectic styles-a suburban arboretum, a restored native woodland and currently, a Japanesque landscape.

written by Lisa Briggs
It seems as though the pace of setting up for spring is faster every year, but this season is especially frenzied.

written by Lisa Briggs
May is many a gardener’s favorite month, and this year even more so!

written by Lisa Briggs
All of April’s severe weather added up to a pretty wet month. All of the gardens that I see on my way to the Garden Center every morning are lush green and bursting into bloom! If we could only stop the nights from flirting with frost, it would be a perfect spring!

written by Lisa Briggs
Gardeners are not the kind of folks who enjoy being cooped up in the house all winter. When the weather finally breaks, and plants begin to emerge from dormancy, it’s understandable that we are eager to greet every new shoot and admire every swelling bud.

written by Lisa Briggs
This spring’s really warm days gave us a taste of the summer to come, but the unseasonably high temps should moderate for the next few days to something more seasonal.

written by Lisa Briggs
Every spring, gardeners hold their collective breath as we wait for the first green shoots pushing through the warming soil. To be a perennial gardener in this climate requires great faith in your choices.