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February 10, 2011

I’ve mentioned Houzz enough here that you’re probably all familiar with it, but if you’re not, you really should check it out. It’s been incredibly helpful during our renovation and I still reference my “ideabooks” there regularly.

The way I use Houzz is to search a particular category and just save the photos I like. I may not be sure what I like about them (although if you are you can leave a note on the photo), but I save them anyway. That way when you’re stuck on a particular element you can get a much better feel for your style by just looking to see what the photos you liked have in common. When I was on my fourth bathroom wall color in search of the perfect gray blue I went back through my bathroom ideabook and realized that almost every bathroom I had saved had very neutral wall colors. There was only one blue wall out of about 50 pictures I had saved. I painted the bathroom a super light grayish-tan called Gray Mist and I love it.

Since we’re celebrating gardening week here, I thought I’d show you some of my favorite pictures in my landscape ideabook over at Houzz. I’m not sure why I love some of these photos but I’m sure to refer back to them over the coming months as I plan out some new landscaping in the back yard. Houzz doesn’t have the most extensive library of garden photos (and they tend to air on the more contemporary side) but it’s the easiest place to look for them (landscape designers take note: put your work up on Houzz).

 I thought it might be fun to share some of these photos now, when I truly have no idea what I’m going to do back there, and then we can look at them later and see where I subconsciously or consciously drew inspiration from.

Click on the picture to be taken to Houzz for more information.

Laguna Contemporary Tropical contemporary landscape

Ray Johannes Landscape Design, Toronto - Stone Pathways traditional landscape
Projects traditional landscape
Garden  landscape
Frenchflair traditional landscape
Exteriorscapes contemporary landscape
Tropical plantings tropical landscape
Entry Path traditional landscape
Bungalow eclectic landscape
Magrane Associates Landscape Design and Landscape Architecture traditional landscape
San Anselmo Mediterranean garden mediterranean landscape
shwa  landscape
Natural dry-stack wall with bedded Perennials contemporary landscape
     

There are certainly a lot of different looks going on here. See anything you like?

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  1. Sheila says: February 10, 2011 at 8:28 pm

    Erin, i really like this beautifully crafted blog. Thanks for sharing. Sheila

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  2. Maya @ Completely Coastal says: February 11, 2011 at 9:11 pm

    I always love gravel -feel and look!

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  3. Genevieve says: February 16, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    Erin, I'm most intrigued by the first photo. If I did that I'd probably want to mortar the gravelly bits in so as not to create a maintenance nightmare. I hate sweeping bits of gravel off stone. But gosh, that is gorgeous. I love all the examples of stone.

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  4. suzannebrandsen says: February 24, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    Oh my WORD I love those blue hydrangeas! Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos. I just found your blog today via You Grow Girl.. & I LOVE it! I'll definitely be back. I'm just getting into blogging about my gardening adventures & can't wait till it's warm enough to get out there! (I'm in Michigan) .. Thanks for the inspiration.

    Suzanne

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I had a rather unpleasant realization last night w I had a rather unpleasant realization last night when I remembered that I’d not yet ordered tomato seeds. And I’m not going to rectify that until I dig into my seed stash, because I don’t go through tomato seeds quickly so there are definitely some lurking down there. 

I never used to grow tomatoes from seed because there are great varieties to be had in garden centers (including many heirloom varieties). But it’s almost non-negotiable for me now that I’m a convert to dwarf tomatoes. If you’re not familiar with the #dwarftomatoproject championed by @nctomatoman and others, these are heirloom varieties that are crossed with dwarf varieties to create plant that produces all the flavor and interest of an heirloom in a short (usually less than 4 feet) plant. 

They are particularly great in my tall raised beds. Of course I leave room to try new non-dwarf varieties every year (I loved Sun Dipper from @panamseed last year and I’ll grow it again).

Last year was a good tomato year and the photo shows some of the varieties I harvested in one day. I hope this summer will be equally good for the tomato harvest. 

One of my favorite questions to ask gardeners is: What is your favorite tomato variety to grow? So have at it in the comments because inquiring minds want to know!
And this is why I leave my winter containers assem And this is why I leave my winter containers assembled until at least March. A dusting of snow gives them a whole new look (even if it’s shades of gray). Also, I think I love my Limelight hydrangea even more in winter. Fabulous winter interest!
I’m going to look for opportunities to add more I’m going to look for opportunities to add more ferns to my garden this year. They are such interesting plants and often real problem solvers, bringing texture and color to places that many plants aren’t interested in. Athyrium niponicum (Japanese painted fern) ‘Crested Surf’ grows well for me in part shade (even pushing a bit into part sun) and looks great next to Persicaria ‘Golden Arrow’.
Birds chirping, glorious fresh (i.e. not nibbled o Birds chirping, glorious fresh (i.e. not nibbled on) foliage, and texture galore. I can’t wait to have moments like this again. The star, by the way is Hakonechloa ‘All Gold’ which looks so good with the bold foliage of Ligularia dentata ‘Desdemona’ next to it. 

With the new path, this area will be getting a small revamp. It’s the next spot I’ll be focusing my planning on.
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