My Favorite Annuals

Every year Halcyon Garden has more pots to fill, thanks to a generous grant by the Mom Green foundation. But every April we seem to buy fewer varieties of annuals. We know what we like now, and we don’t do quite so much experimenting anymore. And we’ve finally learned that a broad swath of one…

The ‘Hood, All Gussied Up

Check out the ‘hood tomorrow on the 12South Home Tour, from 10:30 to 4:30, Saturday April 16th. Weather permitting, we’ll open the gate to Halcyon Garden on an informal basis. Drop by and see what’s growing, and observe the gardeners at work, potting our favorite  annuals—like Persian Shield and dichondra. (Yep, it’s the annual Annual…

Cheekwood photos

Last Saturday, Cheekwood Gardens in Nashville opened at 6am so amateur photographers like me could enjoy the loveliest light of the day–all free of charge. I enjoyed myself immensely, lying in the grass to snap dozens of flower photos as the sun rose and ignited the reds and yellows to a ramped-up crackling brilliance. The…