January’s Tips – And YOU Decide Our Next Video

“Nature has undoubtedly mastered the art of winter gardening and even the most experienced gardener can learn from the unrestrained beauty around them.” ~ Vincent A. Simeone Custom Gardens, LLC welcomes you with an invitation to enjoy news, tips, and our monthly spotlighted plant! Plant of the Month January’s plant — the hellebore – is an [...]

December’s Helpful Hints and Gardening Tips

“The gardening season officially begins on January 1st, and ends on December 31.” ~ Marie Huston Custom Gardens, LLC welcomes you with an invitation to enjoy news, tips, and our monthly spotlighted plant! Plant of the Month When the freshness of spring, the warm rays of summer, and even the cool of autumn have passed [...]

Indoor Specialty Garden..Videos

> Click above to see video of Ellen preparing her well-known, luxurious Indoor Specialty Gardens. These videos invite you into my home, for a few short minutes, to see me prepare and explain one of our Indoor Specialty Gardens. Hand designed personally by me, they are a very popular choice among Custom Gardens clients — for their [...]

November’s Hints and Gardening Tips

“November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.” – Sir Walter Scott Custom Gardens, LLC welcomes you with an invitation to enjoy news, tips, and our monthly spotlighted plant! Plant of the Month We are busy helping clients put pansies in their landscapes for fall color. The pansy is an extremely versatile [...]

Autumn Gardening – - Perfect for Bulbs

  “Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb, a lovely garden in a seed, and a giant oak in an acorn.” ~ William Arthur Ward If you are of the mindset that as this cool weather encroaches, the planting season is over, entertain removing your shovel and gloves from the storage box and heading [...]

After the Storm – Recovering Your Landscape

Hurricanes, much like blizzards or extreme weather of any kind, may cause outdoor trees, plants, and shrubs to suffer a good deal of damage. Is there hope? What to do? Before you hire someone to yank everything out, consider the possibilities. Storm damage is an exciting opportunity to renew and revitalize your landscape. Plants have [...]

August’s Helpful Hints and Gardening Tips

“Earth laughs in flowers.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Custom Gardens, LLC welcomes you with an invitation to enjoy news, tips, and our monthly spotlighted plant! If you like what you see, be sure to visit us for more ways to beautify your life’s landscape. Plant of the Month I was working with a client recently [...]

Garden Guests – Hummingbirds

Hummingbird shows us how to re-visit the past for the purpose of releasing it instead of being caught in a permanently backward flight pattern … It teaches us to hover in the moment, to appreciate its sweetness.” – Constance Barrett Sohodski Hummingbirds, of the family Trochilidae, are among the smallest of birds. The name hummingbird [...]

Garden Irrigation System? Rethink it.

Many homeowners install irrigation systems for their lawns; it makes watering the lawn easy. The homeowner sets the system for early watering, and no one is required to wield a hose. However, the same principle does not translate well for irrigation systems in garden beds. Yet more and more — including three times already this [...]

July’s Words of Gardening Wisdom

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted. ~ David Bly Custom Gardens, LLC welcomes you into the heat of midsummer with an invitation to enjoy news, tips, and our monthly spotlighted plant! Plant of the Month Custom Gardens is pleased to present the begonia as July’s spotlighted [...]

June Tips and Helpful Hints

If, as Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, ‘Earth laughs in flowers’, then the genus Lychnis has got one hee-haw. ~ Ketzel Levine The heat of summer weather is upon us and our gardens. Custom Gardens, LLC welcomes you with an invitation to enjoy news, tips, and our monthly spotlighted plant! Plant of the Month We’ve selected [...]

Learning to Grow, an Ocean Away

“Landscape shapes culture.” – Terry Tempest Williams February was an eye opening month as my husband and I shared the wonderful experience of traveling to Europe and Asia. We walked and cruised with stops in Barcelona, Istanbul, Malta, Rome, Athens, and the ancient ruins of Ephesus. Taking in the experience on multiple levels, I had [...]

Welcome to Custom Gardens

I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden. ~Ruth Stout Spring is often hailed as a time of rebirth. Custom Gardens, LLC welcomes you with an invitation to enjoy news, tips, and monthly spotlighted plants in our reawakened newsletter! Plant of the Month We’ve selected March 2011 as [...]