Easy upcycling…with a Chihuly influence! How do I get a Dale Chihuly glass masterpiece in my garden for under $175,000? That is the question I asked myself after visiting the renowned American glass artist’s museum and garden in Seattle, Washington. And yes, one of Mr. Chihuly’s glass chandeliers sold for $175,000.  With a burst of creativity and a little upcycling, …

Touring my habitat garden I frequently give tours of my suburban yard, but it’s not the typical garden featured on most tours–those “ooh and ah” gardens of flowerbeds constantly in bloom, neatly mulched, surrounded by perfect velvety lawns. My yard is a habitat garden, full of native plants, self-mulched, with a narrow border of good-enough lawn, interspersed with log-lined …

Jed Fox’s garden A one-of-a-kind gem in Pittsford Garden tours will take you to a lot of pretty outdoor spaces, but there aren’t many like Jed Fox’s. “I don’t know how much I’m allowed to brag,” but in recent years, many different garden tours have featured his Pittsford garden, he says. He’s received comments like “finest private garden …

The plants that accompany us: our shared story “Sorrow helps us remember something long intuited by Indigenous people across the planet: our lives are intricately comingled with one another, with animals, plants, watersheds, and soil.” —Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow My mother and I used to get coffee and donuts along Poughkeepsie’s Route 9, then park alongside an abandoned warehouse. We …