gardening

The Boston Flower Show

This has been our 3rd year participating in the window box displays at The annual Boston Flower Show. We have so much fun designing and creating our display. One of my favorite parts about participating is the excitement in the air as everyone is working incredibly hard setting up their stunning displays.

This year the theme was 'Spring Savor,' we were asked to create displays that included edibles mixed in with non-edible plants. As an interior-plantscaping company we have tried to always showcase a bit of what we do! Last year we used tropical plants and so this year we decided to use succulents!! But did you know ... that some succulents are edible?! Aloe, stonecrops (sedum), and agave are just a few that come to mind. Here's a great website that provides more information: Edible Landscape Design.

In case you missed attending the Boston Flower Show here are some pictures that I took on a quite morning before the show had opened to the public! 

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Spring Exterior Plantings!

This Sunday (March 11th) is Daylight Savings and the official day of spring is only 9 days after that!! Although it makes the mornings dark again, I love the light that "springing forward" gives us and I can't wait to have longer and brighter evenings! 

All this talk of Spring makes me so excited for budding trees, flowering bulbs, and the smell of spring rain! Below are just a few samples of some of our stunning spring planting that we have installed (and maintained)!! Take a look at some of our other installs in our Gallery.

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It's time to start planning your ... Summer Containers

Our spring gardens were planted early April and are thriving!! But now it is time for us to begin planning our summer container gardens! We love working with our clients to plant them stunning gardens that will make their properties pop! We love to play with different color schemes and work with different plant varieties. Our passion is to beautiful spaces with greenery and pops of summer colors!

Here are some awesome container gardens for inspiration!! 

Very happy herbs!!

Very happy herbs!!

Isn't this just so lush!?!? 

Isn't this just so lush!?!? 

Boston Flower Show

This past weekend was the annual Boston Flower Show, more recently we have been just too busy to be an exhibitor but this year we had the honor to play a small part and we were givin the honor to participate in the Window Box Invitational. Annnd our very own, Beth Harding was a judge for the various competitions (she had a blast spending the day looking at all the beautiful displays). We had so much fun designing and installing our lush and spring inspired window box!!

Take a look at a few of the other displays! Aren't they stunning?!?! I wish I could incorporate each of these into my own garden!

Newport Flower Show Display

Newport Flower Show Display

Rutland Nurseries Display

Rutland Nurseries Display

Graystone Masonry Display

Graystone Masonry Display

Boston Outdoor Living Display

Boston Outdoor Living Display