Jenny Rose Carey
Dazzling Plants, Design Ideas, and Proven Techniques for Your Shady Garden
Colour in My Garden by Louise Beebe Wilder is an illustrated garden book from the early 1900’sGardening Quote‘MAGENTA THE MALIGNED … I am very fond of this colour as worn by flowers and have taken some trouble to bring it into harmony with its surroundings.’ (Page 223)Louise Beebe …
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Choosing which seeds to sowSeed sowing is one of the ultimate gardening pleasures. Tucking tiny brownish bundles of potential beauty beneath your potting soil is a lesson in hope and expectation.My Head Gardener, here at Northview Garden, Hanna von Schlegell, and I spend a lot of time thinking, and …
An Enchanting Winter Flower – Snowdrop – Galanthus Gardening Quote for FebruarySnowdrops – ‘The more species and varieties you grow, the more you come to appreciate their finer details and differences, whereas those who are strangers to the subject think that all snowdrops are …
With tips for digging up the tubers and storing them for winterGardening Quote:‘If the iris is considered the flower of the rainbow, surely the dahlia might be called the flower of the sunset.’Louise Bush-Brown, Flowers for Every Garden, Little, Brown, and Company, 1927.Dahlias are one of the stars …
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The first thing to do is to collect your supplies for winter seed sowing – old plastic milk jugs, a knife to cut it, labels and pencil, seeds and watering can with fine rose end, and duct tape.As the days lengthen in the Northern hemisphere it is time to start thinking of growing plants from seed. …
By Jenny Rose CareyA guide to managing your fallen autumn leaves‘Autumn is not the sad time it is supposed to be. Darkness falls at five o’clock, and the garden is cold and wet, but it is a season of planning and expectation… Even the fallen leaf is food for future years of foliage and fruit, …
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Gardening Quote"Let's accept random seeding, let's tolerate small flowers like grace-notes decorating the paving. Not always, but sometimes."Dear Gardening Friends,One of the reasons that I am always drawn to old gardens is that they have a gentle, relaxed, lived-in look. Plants have had a chance to …
NEW BOOKI am excited to announce the release of my next book for Timber Press - The Ultimate Flower Gardener's Guide. Coming out on July 5th 2022, the book contains over 600 photographs - most of them I took myself to illustrate the flowers and design ideas outlined in the book. The book begins with …
The Hamamelis season is in full swing here at Northview. Many of the witch hazel flowers are out earlier this year as the weather has been mild this winter, although combined with one of the heaviest snowfalls recorded in Philadelphia. I have been thinking about witch hazels for the last few weeks. …
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With one heavy wet snow this week and two more larger snowfalls expected, it is time to think of ways to prevent snow damage to your trees and shrubs. The first way is smart plant choice, and coniferous evergreens with needles are one of the best for a snowy climate. Not only are many of them very …
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