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Shade Doesn’t Have to Be Boring

LizWFF
August 28, 2024
Garden Design

Shady areas of any yard provide welcome refuge during steamy hot summers (like the one we just had). They also bring unexpected beauty and interest to low-lit areas. As the gardening season begins to wind down, stroll around your garden and look for areas that could benefit from more color and variety. We offer a broad array of perennials and shrubs that grow splendidly in shady to partly shady sites. Plant multiples of one type of plant to create a swath of color or repeat trios of different plant groupings to enjoy a mosaic effect with pleasing variations of color,…

Mt. Holyoke College’s Spring Flower Show

DebWFF
March 8, 2017
Garden Design

With wind chills near 0° last Saturday morning, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to take refuge from the elements in the Talcott Greenhouse at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. Stepping inside, we were greeted with the sights…

Bubbling With Ideas for Spring

DebWFF
March 3, 2017
Garden Design

With winter showing signs of an early withdrawl, some of us have been spending time sketching plans for gardens. Pen, paper and, if we’re feeling really fancy, colorful magic markers in hand, we play around with ideas for new borders or beds,…

“Spring” in February

DebWFF
February 23, 2017
Garden Design

In the midst of a week when temperatures in the Northeast and many other parts of the country have been in the 60s, we’re seeing the effects of a sustained February warm-up in our gardens. Snowdrops are blooming here in…

In Snow-Covered New England, We Dream of a Tropical Paradise

With the Northeast under a blanket of snow, and icy winds shaking the branches of bare trees, our bodies and our spirits crave respite. It’s one of the reasons we try each winter to visit Sarasota, Florida, and the earthly…

‘Holiday’ in Atlanta

The winter holidays come to an end for most of us the day after New Year’s when empty champagne bottles and party hats are tossed out, and it’s time to get back to the office. But if you happen to…

Giving Thanks

On the Monday before Thanksgiving, Jack Frost blanketed parts of northwest Connecticut in snow. It was a lovely kind of snowfall, with fluffy flakes swirling down gently, accumulating slowly on hillsides and tree branches. Early Monday, we stood at the…

Our Top Garden Gifts

When it comes to shopping for gardeners, the good news is most of us always need something. It could be a few new plants for the border, heirloom tomatoes for the vegetable garden, or perhaps some new shoes or boots…

Planting the Tulip Border: Going for Drama

By Cheryl Whalen, Head Gardener Driving around the Litchfield hills the other day, all of a sudden it hit me! Wow! Look at the leaves! The subtle yellows and tans of early autumn had been set ablaze seemingly overnight by…

Tour the Lloyd Border With Our Head Gardener

Did you get a chance to visit us this summer? If not (and even if you did), we’ve just released a new video that offers all garden lovers a tour of White Flower Farm’s Lloyd Border in the company of…

Visiting a Few of England’s Great Gardens

White Flower Farm
September 12, 2016
Garden Design

Sissinghurst, Wisley, Great Dixter, Beth Chatto – for American gardeners these are iconic names, alien but as resonant as Mantle and Mays are for baseball fans. This summer we had the opportunity, in between visits to breeders and growers, to…