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Foundation Planting Guide

Foundation plants can be tricky to pick. They might look good the first few years and then grow too big. Using a weeping red bud aka cercis will help anchor the corner of your home. I choose to use this plant because it sta ...more

Landscapes For Businesses

The entry way to a business is the first thing your customers see. Landscaping can make your business a more inviting place. Choosing the right design and the correct plants is critical to make that happen. The entry way to a business is ...more

Small Leafed Rhododendron In Design

Rhododendrons are a great plant to add winter interest to any garden. Using small leafed rhododendron is more unique way of designing rather than use the larger leafed types. Rhododendron shrubs like acidic soil that is well-drained and r ...more

Designing For Fall Color

Designing for fall and winter is an important part of how to create a year round landscape. See our video on three plants that peak in fall and learn more about designing for the seasons. In this video we look at the brilliant red of a Japanes ...more

Designing A Garden

The design of a new bed is really wonderful opportunity to add something really special to your property. Some careful planning goes a long way to making your new bed an integral part of the landscape. ...more

Bee Balm & Loosestrife Perennial Design

Bee Balm and Gooseneck Loosestrife make a nice statement when put in the garden together. The red and white combination is striking for the middle or back of the perennial garden. Why I think this works together is that the leaves are simila ...more

Edging The Garden With Perfection

Keeping a crisp edge on the garden border is an important part of the garden. By creating a unique edge of stone the gardens 'pop' out of the background. My edge is comprised of 1 1/2" river stone. I have a border that is 6-8" w ...more

Creating A New Foundation Planting

Creating a new planting for a foundation can dramatically change the look and feel of your home. If you are thinking of selling your house this can be a great way to capture a buyers attention right away. ...more

Unique Evergreens For Hedging

Hedges help create rooms, boundaries and define space. There are certain evergreen that are perfect for hedges. I like to use different varieties of chamaecyparis and white pine to build natural walls around the property or to seper ...more

Harry Lauder's Walking Stick

Harry Lauder's Walking Stick is one of those plants that shines in winter. When the leaves fall off this specimen is at its best. This interesting plant is really a grafted shrub. Coming from the rootstock Corylus colurna the walking stic ...more

Focal Points In The Garden

Placing a plant, especially something like a large leafed annual is a critical step in the creation and maintenance of a garden. The poorly placed focal point can have the exact opposite from the desired affect. I love large, big, tropical-l ...more

Designing A Poolside Garden

When designing an area like a pool deck there are a lot of factors that have to be taken into consideration. Light, soil conditions are obvious. However, there is the traffic of people around the pool, the chemicals from the pool water an ...more

Learning About Weston Nurseries

For decades, the people at Weston Nurseries have been known for their knowledge and enthusiasm about gardening. Our customers have relied on our staff to answer questions about plants, gardening, and the wide range of dependable products we carry. I ...more

A Fall Video Garden Tour

Fall is still a wonderful time to appreciate the garden. Dave Takes you on a special tour of the late season yard. There are a variety of plants in bloom in late fall and some of the plants that have been chosen for their winter interst a ...more

Back Of The Perennial Border

In the perennial garden the back of the border is one of my favorite areas to be creative. Since it is in the back you can some risks you might not want to take in the front. For example, plants that loose their lower leaves can be placed ...more

How To Germinate Seeds Like A Professional

Starting seeds indoors in late winter and early spring can be a very rewarding endeavor. As a gardener, growing your own plants from the time they are just a seed, brings something of an added accomplishment to the hobby. Professionals ...more

How To Bring Color To A Winter Garden

Winter can be a bleak time of the year. However, adding several evergreens, some specimens with wonderful bark and form and you can create a 12 month garden that will be the envy of everyone. You might want to check on a few of these pl ...more

How To Keep Cut Flowers Longer

Everyone loves to get fresh cut flowers. When you get them, you want to keep them as long as possible. Here are some great tips to keep those blooms beautiful longer. Flowers keep best when cut with a sharp knife (un-serrated ...more

How To Cut A New Garden Bed

Gardening is one of those hobbies that will have 10 different people telling you 10 different things. Even before you purchase your first plant for a bed, you will hear all sorts of ideas on how to cut the bed. Straight lines, zig-zags, s ...more

Bringing Color To Your Home

Ever get a tip from someone that seemed really simple but made a huge difference? A few years ago I got such a tip. A friend of mine showed me that nearly all of the 80 or so plants in my house had the same containers. She suggested ...more

How To Create Spectacular Patio Designs

Ever go to a friend or families house and see a design element in the garden you just loved? Perhaps it was the material used for the patio, or a special rock or even a unique bird bath. My good friend Gary Koller often incorporates ...more

Dual Uses For Houseplants & More

Do you ever go to someone’s house for a party and they give you a gift to take home? The gift is often a simple way of saying thanks for being part of a great evening. Instead of going out and buying gifts for everyone how about build ...more

Water Features In The Meditation Garden

Water is an important element that you can add to any garden. I tell people that adding a water feature to a garden is a simple as adding a rock that collects rainwater or as complicated as building a pond with thousands of gallons of water and ...more

Making Your Own Centerpiece

The holidays, parties, weddings, and many other functions all call for centerpieces. How many of you have run around your town looking for just the right centerpiece to finish off the table. There are wonderful florists in all parts of ...more

Plants For A Meditation Garden

I recently headed over to a meditation garden at West Woods in Westwood, MA. The garden was designed by my friend and mentor Gary Koller. Gary has taught me a lot about garden design and has a love of plants that surpasses most of us. Ga ...more

Using Plants To Create Outdoor Rooms

One landscape idea that's getting a lot of attention these days is outdoor rooms. More and more people are starting to enjoy the practical benefits of dividing their yards into discrete spaces. There are many reasons to create outdoor rooms.&nb ...more

Creating Drama with Tall Plants

Most of us know that taller plants should be placed in the back of the garden. The reason is twofold: They look better there, and they won't block the light falling on the shorter plants. Tall plants can ground the garden and also add drama ...more

Adding A Fragrance Dimension In Your Garden Using Woody Ornamentals

Wayne Mezitt wrote this week's muse about adding fragrance to the garden. It's a great article with lots of wonderful information. Here is what he says. "Of all our senses, our sense of smell is surprisingly-often ...more

Choosing Native Plants for Your Garden

This week I got a chance to speak with Tom Smarr at the New England Wild Flower Society. Tom is the horticultural director there and walked with me through the woodland exhibit and propagation area, offering lots of information about some of t ...more

Exploring Eco-Friendly Design

This week, I had a chance to meet with Deb Strick of the New England Wild Flower Society to talk about some of the great pieces of work on display at the Society's headquarters, Garden in the Woods, in Framingham, Mass. "Art Goes Wild: Innovation wi ...more

How To Use Accents In The Yard

Accent pieces in the yard are incredibly important, because they add a focal point and bring your eye to them. An accent piece can be a group of plants, a single tree or shrub, a sculpture, an urn, or even just an old piece of garden equipment.& ...more

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