The cover of The Garden Tourist’s Mid-Atlantic by Jana Milbocker features the Historic Rose Garden at Hershey Gardens in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a garden I have always wanted to visit. Our 2024 ...
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At Wisley, red-flowered hybrid witch hazel ‘Ruben’ provides a vivid contrast to a gold needled conifer and blooming heath. The day after we visited the Savill Garden last February, we faced a...
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Bright colors from bark, leaves, and flowers are everywhere at the Savill Garden on a bleak February 1. My earliest snowdrops, Galanthus bursanus, are blooming, but before I get caught up in that...
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More and more of our customers are becoming interested in native plants, which we have been promoting since we opened our nursery in 1992. If you would like to know more about why growing nativ...
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the view from our deck right now The ground never froze during our incredibly warm winter here at Carolyn’s Shade Gardens. All our plants are blooming early and, due to the cool weather we ar...
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Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland During our recent trip to Ireland, Michael and I visited Kylemore Abbey and its lovely and historic Victorian walled garden. The abbey is loc...
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Tudor walled garden at Rothe House in Kilkenny, Ireland (courtesy of the Rothe House Museum website) During our recent trip to Ireland, Michael and I visited the lovely and interesting town of Ki...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2019/07/23/tudor-walled-garden-in-kilkenny-ireland/
Indian pink or spigelia is the most requested plant at Carolyn’s Shade Gardens. None of our suppliers have any luck growing it in pots, so we are trying to grow it ourselves for sale in 2020....
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2019/06/19/native-plants-for-june-and-beyond/
The cover of The Garden Tourist by Jana Milbocker features the teacup garden at Chanticleer in Wayne, Pennsylvania, one of my favorite gardens. Nursery News: Carolyn’s Shade Gardens is a reta...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2019/06/08/the-garden-tourist/
Just a few days ago our woodland was empty, but now it is filled with flowers. We think that the winter garden at our nursery is gorgeous. But it is still sparse with lots of empty patches of b...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2019/04/15/whats-up-at-carolyns-shade-gardens/