• Farm Truck Fridays

    If you live in the Chicago area, you don’t want to miss this great summer event from Chalet Nursery in Wilmette:  Farm Truck Fridays Every other Friday Chalet brings in a truck full of plants from their very own farm at really low prices.  They won’t tell you what will be on the truck, but there will definitely be great deals.…

  • Forget Design Crush. Gardener Crush.

    Ladies!  Quick…click here to see some eye candy. What kind of a blog do you think this is?  Shame on all of you! Now for some real eye candy (and a lot of information about Midwest gardening and outdoor living spaces.)  A quick update to my previous post on container gardening, you should definitely check out a couple of upcoming events:  Chalet Garden…

  • What’s Inspiring Me: Color

    Planting flower pots around my house is something I look forward to every year.  When the sun starts to make its appearance after a long winter, I get into a mad rush to brighten our landscaping with some color.  Front flower pots set the tone for what people will see on the inside of your house.  My house is a…