When filling your gabion baskets, there is one essential requirement if you're going to build a retaining wall. As you know, the retaining wall got...

Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) is a glorious plant to gift and receive, and it brings the joy of Christmas to both the giver and the recipient.

The...

Have you ever wondered how to add year-round interest into your perennial flowerbeds? I know, I know. We love perennials and their abundant blooms....

Some gardens have challenging microclimates. One of them is very windy situations. The wind dries the soil and gives physical challenges to the...

If you are not planting flowering perennials on your site because it’s windy, you’re missing out!

The truth is, you can plant flowers...

Often you hear that it's impossible to create a beautiful garden as the site is too shady. Is it so? 

Shade may limit some functions that you...

With little joyful features, I don't mean focal points, you know. I'm talking about the tiny little things that only you...

Nowadays, you hear more and more about changing climate, flooding, and at the same time about water scarcity. How can it be? You're worried, what's...

Being natural, looking natural, or having a natural style does sound so simple. Just be natural! However, how to be stylishly natural or create a...

You know the style you want, but how to make it stylishly happen? Yes... we're gonna dive into that.

Framework to keep it all together

First, you...

The natural planting style feels carefree and maybe even a little bit wild. It speaks directly to our senses—no wonder the style has become...

Our guests sometimes ask me, "Sari, how do you get your orchids to bloom again year after year" and I tell them, as I will do now to you, my little...