As we say goodbye to April and step into May tomorrow, the garden feels full of possibility and color! This week, we’re celebrating the details, small surprises, and thoughtful choices that make a garden feel deeply personal, from romantic paths and soft plantings to bright yellow blooms that can light up the season.
Welcome to This New York Garden
This romantic New York garden feels like a fresh invitation to wander, with outdoor rooms, strolling paths, classic arbors, soft pastel plantings, and plenty of charming surprises along the way. See how Pamela Fontaine Salvatore transformed a 4-acre property into a garden filled with beauty, structure, and sensory details.
Our next webinar is just 2 weeks away!
Designing with Color:
How to Shape Mood, Energy, and Harmony in the Garden
with Jan Johnsen
Thursday, May 14th at 6 PM Eastern*
Color is the first thing we notice, and one of the most powerful tools in garden design. This is going to be a fun, inspiring session and a wonderful way to bring more color into everyday life. Perfect for gardens in any Zone and gardeners of any skill level. Watch a short video from Jan about the webinar here.
What you’ll learn:
- How color shapes mood and emotional response.
- Ways to create harmony and energy in the garden.
- Why pink is such a useful bridge color.
- How green acts as the foundation of a garden palette.
- Simple ways to use color more intentionally.
$20 USD Registration Fee
*Can't join us at that time? All registrants will receive the recording the Monday after the webinar. You will have 30 days to watch or rewatch.
"Horticultural passions are peculiar things. A mild interest in that plant or another can suddenly flame into something more nearly describable as an obsession." —Allen Lacy, garden writer and author.
Yellow flowers have a way of bringing sunshine into every corner of the garden. From soft buttery blooms to bold, vibrant shades, these annuals, perennials, bulbs, shrubs, and vines can brighten every season and work beautifully in a wide range of color palettes. Pictured from top left: gerbera daisy, zinnia, coreopsis, and tulip.
Northlawn Flower Farm said it best on her Instagram: "April is the month when I forgive winter for everything..." If you want picture after picture of stunning home-grown flowers, give her account a follow!
Design Everywhere
I’ll never forget the time Jan Johnsen drove me around the Hudson Valley Region (including Mohonk Mountain House), showing me gardens, barns (pictured), well designed restaurants... anything design.
On her Substack (click here), Jan writes about plants and garden design with rare range-garden design, plant beauty, outdoor harmony, healing spaces, seasonal inspiration, and practical ideas that make gardens more meaningful.
She blends artistry with know-how, helping gardeners see their spaces differently. She helped me see differently.
We’re delighted to welcome Jan for our May 14 webinar on using color to shape mood, energy, and beauty in the garden. Join us!
Jim Peterson
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