New Dirt
It is a much easier job to keep Milo clean than the shop. Once he dries, the dirt falls off. Once a month, he gets the works from Lexi from the Aussie Pet Mobile. The shop, however, is 10,000...
View ArticleSpring Fete
Jenny did get a chance to take a few pictures at the beginning of our 2012 preview party last night. Perhaps some of them will at least give a feeling for what the shop looks like the first day of the...
View ArticleSunday Opinion: Vernissage
Three years ago today, April 1, 2009, I published my first post. To follow is a reprint of that post, entitled “Vernissage”. Strictly speaking, the French word vernissage speaks to the opening of an...
View ArticleAt A Glance: The Shop In October
Wow-how the time has flown since the spring! If you are too far away to visit Detroit Garden Works, these pictures might give you an idea of how it looks in the fall season. pots planted for fall...
View ArticleSpring Season
My spring gardening season starts the same day every year. The shop closes except by chance or appointment January 15 of every year. The by chance or appointment part is code for “we do not keep the...
View ArticleAt A Glance: Another Walk Through
I did have requests for more pictures of the shop as it looks right now. aa aa We’ve had a few warmer days-how great it will be to finally get outside to work.
View ArticleRain Or Snow Or Cold Or Shine
Milo spent the entire weekend of our 2012 spring fair at the gate, saying hello. We started hosting a spring fair 3 years ago, after Rob had the opportunity to attend one in Italy. We invite growers...
View ArticleYellow Hellebores
Pictures of the yellow hellebores, as promised. Helleborus hybridus with red flares. As this strain is seed grown, each plant has individually marked flowers. The yellow color is pale-but definitely...
View ArticleSunday Opinion: The Plants
My enchantment with plants dates back so long I can hardly remember how it started. To the best of my recollection, a brief residence in North Carolina after I graduated from college got me interested...
View ArticleBranch? Buck?
The Branch Studio-in business for ten years now. The first year, we made faux bois garden ornament and furniture-in the garage at Detroit Garden Works. Our first year in business-pretty quiet. We had...
View Article18 Years
18 years ago, on March 29, Rob and I were hosting a party to celebrate the opening of Detroit Garden Works. My landscape design and installation firm was the ripe old age of 10. I had always had a...
View ArticleThe Spring Fair
Detroit Garden Works hosted the first day of its annual spring garden fair yesterday. In 2010, we decided to sponsor a spring fair for a a few good reasons. Rob has shopped overseas for Detroit...
View ArticleAt A Glance: Detroit Garden Works Holiday
For everyone who lives too far away to visit, to follow is a collection of pictures of the shop decked out for the winter and holidays. The snow this morning-appropriate to the occasion. Decorating...
View ArticleMarch 29, 1996
It was nineteen years ago tonight since Rob and I were hosting an opening party for Deborah Silver and Company’s new venture-Detroit Garden Works. My landscape design/build firm, Deborah Silver and...
View ArticleMonday Opinion: Labor Day
More than once have I had reason to expect that the warm and sunny momentum established by my summer season would blast by Labor Day in a hot fit of defiance. Given that the forecast for today is 90...
View ArticleEarly Fall
The beginning of the fall season is a beginning to treasure. All of the hard work growing from the spring through the summer of comes to fruition. Literally. The tomatoes ripen. The farmers market is...
View ArticleSome Details On The Floor
The first order of business is to thank each and every one of you who took the time to write a comment on my post about the finish of the floor. It was an extravaganza of a day for me! I had no idea so...
View ArticleOpening Day
It was the middle of January that we began repairing and repainting Detroit Garden Works. It was a long process which got finished just two weeks ago. The building dates back to 1940, so with age comes...
View ArticleBranch? Buck?
The Branch Studio-in business for ten years now. The first year, we made faux bois garden ornament and furniture-in the garage at Detroit Garden Works. Our first year in business-pretty quiet. We had...
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