A Beautiful Home & Garden Made Easy
Every gardener struggles with finding indoor plants for low-light rooms. We all have areas of our home or office that we want to brighten with plants. Most of us spend our day indoors, surrounded by technology. Regardless of whether it is at an office, school, or home, adding nature and plants into our everyday lives … Read more
This article contains links, which if you click through and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. Flowering Shrubs Flowering shrubs are an important part of a well-designed landscape. Easy-to-grow flowering shrubs can turn a landscape into a retreat! Landscape designers use shrubs to bring structure and substance … Read more
My backyard and patio is my happy place! There is nothing like the scent of fragrant flowers in the breeze as we relax after a hard day. My husband and I love to put something on the grill or in the smoker and have family over. We are definitely home-bodies! Therefore, I spend a lot … Read more
This article contains affiliate links for advertisers of this site. See disclosure page for more information. Thank goodness for the internet- there are so many free online gardening resources! Although I prefer to be outside in my garden, there is such value in taking time to learn and be inspired online. There are so many … Read more
This article contains affiliate links for advertisers of this site. See the disclosure page for more information. Starting seeds indoors as a kid fueled my love of plants. It was fascinating how tiny seeds could sprout and grow into plants that I could watch grow all summer. I remember being excited to check them each … Read more
As a trained horticulturist, I can say that it isn’t always easy to identify trees; especially from a distance. However, the Sycamore tree is one that is not only easy to identify but a beautiful part of the fall and winter landscape. Sycamore trees have a distinctive, mottled green, brown and white bark. As the … Read more
This article contains links, which if you click through and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. Read my full disclosure here. One of the most popular ways to grow plants is container gardening. Instead of planting flowers, vegetables, herbs, etc. into the ground, they are planted in … Read more
Supposedly, I have a little Irish blood in me, but I truly don’t know. However, with Shannon as my first name, I have claimed some Irish ancestry. St. Patrick’s Day has always been a day to wear green and perhaps eat corned beef, but nothing more. As a horticulturist, I always wondered why shamrocks (another … Read more
As a gardener, I have violated one of my own rules of gardening- great soil equals amazing plants. When my husband and I married almost 5 years ago, I moved into his house on the west side of Cleveland. Our intention wasn’t to stay there long, but time has flown by. I added several bags … Read more
This article contains links, which if you click through and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. Read my full disclosure here. Some people think Valentine’s Day is a consumerism holiday designed by the card, candy and other industries to guilt couples into buying gifts for each other … Read more