Dear Fellow Gardeners,
Well, Spring has certainly sprung here in Northern Illinois.
The surprise consecutive snowstorms over two April weekends covered over the first of the daffodils, lasted less than a day on the ground, and those golden glories just kept growing.
Hello Folks, on this gray, cold, slow moving day… I’m not adversely effected by the weather… not true.
Dear Valued Client and Friend,
Over the years I have sent out letters at this reflective time of year and, in this tradition, I happily write again.
Dear Gardening Friends,
When the angle of the sun changes, when day length shortens, and the tiring of foliage in the garden is obvious, the inevitability of winter starts entering into our thoughts. Still with one good garden display month left, the abundance in our orchards and borders now are that much more special in this last hoorah of warmth and verdance.
As so beautifully described in a recent article by Forest & Bluff Magazine, this project was a work of love for the owner’s of this Lake Forest home designed to reminisce the South of France.
We always look forward to this time from mid-July through August when the Oriental and Hybrid lilies demand center stage in the garden.