shade gardening

GBDW – Made for the Shade Wrap-Up

by Nancy J. Ondra May 29, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Design

So, who’s complaining about shade, anyway? Certainly not this month’s GBDW contributors! Check out their postings on favorite plants, combination ideas, and design pointers, and you just might find yourself wishing for more shade in your own garden. Garden Bloggers Design Workshop – Made for the Shade (Nan at Gardening Gone Wild): Kick-off post for [...]

Garden Bloggers Design Workshop – Made for the Shade

by Nancy J. Ondra May 3, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Design

For gardeners, shade is kind of like rain: if we don’t have it, we wish for it; if we do have it, we often long for less. And with both, there are no simple solutions. In my own garden, set in a wide-open, sun-baked field, shade is scarce, and it’ll be many years yet before [...]