Tagged: Our Gardens
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A Container Recipe
May 17, 2013
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What's In Your Garden Bag?
May 7, 2013
Inspired by our new jute garden tote, we started wondering which items some of the most avid gardeners among us couldn’t leave home without. Who better to ask than Karen C., a longtime urban gardener and the newest expert on our plant buying team? When she’s not planting containers at home, she travels to the community garden in her Philadelphia neighborhood, so her tote sees a lot of use. Karen obligingly dusted the dirt from her essential tools, and also shared a few new pieces she’d like to add to her bag this year. READ MORE
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Planted: Spring Container Inspiration
April 29, 2013
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Dig Into Spring
April 22, 2013
Recently, we flung open our doors to celebrate the start of the gardening season with our annual Dig into Spring celebration. We snapped a few photos of the store along the way, and wanted to share them here with you!
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Easter at Terrain
March 29, 2013
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Spring Ombre with Ryan Jane Co.
March 13, 2013
Thinking of spring's first flowers and the English garden that we imagine hosting them, our friends at Ryan Jane Co. stopped by to share this waterfall of ombre florals in our Myrtlewood Garden Trug to top our tables for spring.
Get the look:
A. Dusty miller
B. Maiden’s Blush Lilac
C. Fritillaria persica
D. Fritillaria meleagris
E. Burgundy Ranunculus
F. White Picotee Ranunculus
G. Tulip French Menton
H. Fritillaria hermonis amana
I. White Iris
J. Tulip Salmon Parrot
K. Viburnum
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"In anticipation of an early Easter and a celebration of all things ephemeral, the simple, sturdy trug we chose begs to be filled with first blooms; a gathered color wheel of tulips, iris, ranunculus, and sweet frittilaria. The thing I love about bulbs is that they're trusty. In spite of early thaws and late winters, they work their way through frozen earth and come up strong, braving the elements and determined to bloom. Playing on the iconoclastic English garden trug, they're arranged to spill over the edge in an ombre waterfall with lilacs, viburnum and dusty miller."
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Shades of St. Patrick's Day
March 8, 2013
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Covering Ground with Hellebores
March 6, 2013
With varieties that flower in every hue from wine red to lime green, hellebores are one of the most versatile perennials we’ve found. Even better, they’ll happily take their vivid blooms almost anywhere in the garden, thriving in shade and deterring hungry critters. Three years ago, our creative director Greg began using these springtime standouts in an unusual way-- as colorful and hardy groundcover.
In search of cover for a large, shady part of his garden, Greg made a list of the attributes he needed in a new planting. Shade and drought tolerance, deer resistance, evergreen foliage, and the ability to mass plant were priorities-- a tall order! He found all these qualities in hellebores, and selected 100 plants in a mixture of colors. Though he admits that hellebores can be a big investment at first, they multiply and transplant well, so groundcover is easy to expand over time.
Considering the gloomy weather still outside our windows, we were surprised to learn that hellebores are already blooming! Blossoms emerge from February through April, and can remain on plants until midsummer. One more perk? If you choose an assortment of colors, the plants will cross-pollinate and suprise you with blooms in new hues each spring.
Inspired by Greg’s garden, we asked terrain’s head plant buyer Steve to help us choose a few hellebores for our own landscapes. His favorites included:
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