Grace often likes to make a special solstice dinner for our family. It's just the four of us, which isn't unique as we eat dinner together most evenings. What makes it special is the extra effort it takes to do something out of the ordinary. So really, this post is a...

For several years now, I've wanted to go to the garden and antique festival at Ladew Gardens in Maryland. For one reason or another, I hadn't made it... until this year! Gretchen and I (she's always my garden touring partner!) got up at 5am and headed out. We spent...

I know we are almost halfway through June but I'm just now settling down to reflect on our May! Of course, the peonies consumed much of the month, the ones that bloomed were spectacular and, even with losing so many to the freeze, we sold a lot of flowers! We had...

The day of our third annual Peony Workshop dawned rainy and cold! I had fretted and fretted up until the day of because the chilly, cloudy weather had caused the peonies to stay rather closed and the freeze had taken out so many of our early producers! Fortunately,...

We are pretty much in the heart of peony season! We've just had our Peony Workshop (more on that to come soon) but I wanted to post a little bit about the state of our peonies. It's been a very unusual spring, weather wise, and also a very educational spring for me as...

Bryce and I recently went on a tour of Bunny Mellon's gardens, offered through the Garden Club of Virginia. We were lucky to get a beautiful day in which to stroll around this gem in Upperville, Virginia. Little Oak Springs, as her and Paul's farm is known, is now...