Considered Garden · Journal
Places, plants, and the thinking behind a border. Stories from the drawing board and from a life among plants.
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From the journal September 10, 2026
Most gardens disappear at eight in the evening. Not because there's nothing left to see — the same border that held your eye all afternoon is still there — but...
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From the journal September 8, 2026
Some gardens already contain the element that should lead the design. In this Devon border, the existing dogwood became the anchor for a new planting direction. Rather than erase what...
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From the drawing board June 14, 2026
A long border, a split-rail fence, and a planting design that moves from sunshine into shade.
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In the garden June 12, 2026
It started under a walnut tree. On shade, competing roots, and learning to work with the place you have.
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