Category Archives: The Autumn(Fall) Garden

A look at the Coaching Weekend in the Berkshires

Posted on October 19, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

One of the visual high-points of the Columbus Day Weekend in Lenox and Stockbridge, which are located in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, other than the gorgeous Fall foliage, is the sighting of road coaches traveling through those towns … Continue reading →

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Outlining (Edging) a Vegetable or Flower Garden with Brick

Posted on July 6, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

One of my many projects that I’ve so far tackled this Spring was the redesign and outlining of my vegetable garden in brick. For years, I just had the planting spaces surrounded by black plastic edging, but finally it had … Continue reading →

Posted in Fred's Garden at Whimsey Hill House, Garden Design Principles, The Autumn(Fall) Garden, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden | 18 Comments

How to Trim a Golden String / Thread Cypress into a Pyramid

Posted on March 10, 2016 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

The pair of Golden String / Thread (sometimes called Mop) Cypress, seen in the two cover photos for this blog post, that are major focal points in my back garden, did not always have pyramidal shapes. The natural growth habit … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushes, Shrubs, Trees, Garden Design Principles, The Autumn(Fall) Garden, The Spring Garden, The Winter Garden | 3 Comments

How to make a Leaf Wreath of Fallen Leaves

Posted on October 18, 2015 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Autumn is here and the leaves are starting to fall. Other than raking the leaves or mulching them with your lawn mower, how about turning some of them into an attractive wreath. This blog post shows how easy it is … Continue reading →

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Decorating the House for Fall with easy to make Silk Flower Arrangements

Posted on October 2, 2015 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Now that Autumn is officially here and I had a bit of time to spare the other night, I decided it was the perfect moment to decorate a few rooms here at Whimsey Hill House for Fall. This blog post … Continue reading →

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Putting Foundation Plants across the Front of your House

Posted on October 21, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

These days a lot of people, as well as landscapers, are planting foundation plants across the front of a house, siting them on both sides of the front sidewalk and running them all the way to the edge of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushes, Shrubs, Trees, Garden Design Principles, The Autumn(Fall) Garden, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden | 10 Comments

Foundation Planting, Laying out Foundation Plants in Front of Your Home

Posted on September 28, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Putting foundation plants around you home is a way of tying your house to the land it is set on. The softness of the foliage helps to transition / move the eye from the flatness of the land up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushes, Shrubs, Trees, Garden Design Principles, The Autumn(Fall) Garden, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden | 48 Comments

Thirteen Ideas for Decorating your Country Garden

Posted on July 20, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Recently a reader commented, lamenting about when she placed garden decorations on their country property, something just didn’t seem right. After that I started thinking about all the different things that say farm, rural, and country living style to me. … Continue reading →

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Some ideas about using Garden Ornaments, they add that Finishing Touch to a Garden

Posted on June 29, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Over the years I’ve learned a lot about gardening by going on garden tours, and analyzing what I was looking at. I figured out mass versus specimen planting, noticed and discovered that plants had different shaped leaves, realized a garden … Continue reading →

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Start a collection of Flower Arranging FROGS, they make arranging flowers a snap

Posted on May 21, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

When most people come across a flower frog they don’t have a clue to what it is, or what you would possibly do with it. Most flower arranging frogs look like some kind of metal pin cushion with perfectly aligned … Continue reading →

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