Category: In The Garden

Oh Citrus, Where Art Thou?

In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas During most of the 1900s, a tourist or resident would be hard put to drive along any portion of Orange Blossom Trail during the winter and...

Caladium Color To Die For

In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas Seven to eight months of color from a tuber that requires little care is unprecedented hereabouts. Other bulbous plants such as amaryllis, blood lily, society garlic,...

Shade Challenges

In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas Trees. They cool and refresh us, clean the air, provide privacy and deliver free leaf mulch. Trees also challenge us when we try to grow grass....

Locally Grown And Harvested

In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas Warning – read no further if you are hungry! Many plants are crops that are grown and harvested to feed us. They provide breakfast foods, salads,...

Challenge Us 3.0

By Stephen and Kristin Pategas We continue to love a good challenge when it comes to consulting or designing a garden. We encourage our clients to share their concerns with us. In order to...

Faithful Foliage

In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas Colorful blossoms certainly make an attractive garden, but blossoms on many plants are fair-weather friends. They arrive and depart based on the seasons, their bloom period,...

By The Numbers

By Stephen and Kristin Pategas Engagement with a garden offers numerous rewarding experiences. We brainstormed about what takes place in our garden, then after dinner in our garden room we headed further outside with...