Geraldine Dean's profile

Here are some pictures of my flowerbeds next to the house. I added a few new plants, and you can see how much the older plants have grown. You\'ll also get a better lay of the land, and see how much o

My family and I live in rural North Carolina, so I thought a cottage style/mixed border garden would blend in best with our surroundings. I\'ve been gardening since 1994, and have tried to create fo

My Zen garden is on a 1/2 acre pond.It has hemlocks,yews,chinese scholar tree,miss kim lilacs(korean lilac shrubs)giant reed grass,alberta spruce,hosta,astilbe,daylilies,ground cover(sweet woodruff)an

A skinny one-third acre in the suburbs, Sunset Zone 19, USDA 8b/9, Southern California. I have been working on the yard since 1989, when I was a starving student. In 2000 Mike and I married, and the

The garden may be winding down, but there's still lots of color to be seen before the first frost . . .

Gardening on the coast brings its own set of challenges -- it's windy, the soil is very sandy, and temperatures can fluctuate greatly within a single day. I planned and planted all of these gardens m

This is a small yard with close neighbors and views of a private golf course. The landscape design was inspired by the curves of the sand traps and incorporates flowering shrubs, perennials and annual