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This lovely and rather large imperial moth showed up in the gardens Friday…a species that I can’t recall seeing here before.

This fellow, a red-bellied water snake showed up under Anita’s car in our garage this weekend, where we found him happily dining on organic frog legs…and other frog parts.  Our cat, Zirconia was interested, but unwilling due to his advanced age to engage this potential play toy.

Get well soon wishes go out to our friend David Culp, author of the hit gardening book, The Layered Garden.  I had just seen with David a couple of weeks ago in Cincinnati where he received an award from the Perennial Plant Association for his wonderful book.  David is just starting the road to recovery

We’re looking for a part-time equipment operator who can operate a tractor, mower, and preferably a skid steer and front end loader.  Hours may be up to 40 hours some weeks, and less when weather or work load dictates.  If you know anyone who has this skill set and might be interested, please have them

Anita and I celebrated the first anniversary of our life together this weekend in the garden where we were married.  Whatever mysterious forces brought us together still amazes me.  Over the last year, I;ve learned so much and my life has positively changed in ways I never thought possible.  I am one very lucky man

One of the most interesting things that happened last week was one of our nursery foxes decided our greenhouse shade cloth looked like a hammock.  Other than tossing and turning, she seemed oblivious to workers in the greenhouse.

I’m in the midst of writing, measuring and researching plant descriptions for the fall Plant Delights Nursery catalog and keep coming across on-line references to Penstemon schmidel.  The only problem is that this is not, nor has ever been the the name of a Penstemon species.  Kasimar Schmidel is the 18th century botanical physician that

Sorry this didn’t post correctly earlier…my bad.  While Wayne directed the drone flight path over the nursery and garden, Richard directed the camera through his on-ground monitor.

The drone soared to several hundred feet above the nursery and gardens, taking incredible video which we are now having edited.  As soon as the videos are complete, we’ll post them to the website providing a virtual tour of our facilities for those who can’t visit in person.  All in all, a fascinating experience.  If

Parts of the garden and nursery were filmed with the drone at low elevations, although anything below 6′ kicks up so much dust and debris that it obscures the camera.  Safety is also of utmost importance since drone collisions with people are far too common.