Festival of Flowers, Pearl Farmer's Markets and upcoming events

Yesterday was a very busy and long day. First Marty was at the Pearl Farmer’s Market and I was over at the Festival of Flowers. Marty did really well at the Farmer’s Market. I know he couldn’t answer a lot of questions – but for him even answering the simple questions is [...]

Club Garden Tour

We had our first club garden tour today by the 3 Oaks TEEA (Texas Extension Education Association). About 20 members strolled through the gardens with JoNelle. Since this has been a late season so far, there weren’t that many blooms on the daylilies, but a few specialty ones, Forbidden Fantasy, Fiery Temper, and Francois Verhaert [...]

Ray's Whispy Rays

Deer seem to have taken a vacation from my yard, so for now the daylilies are safe . . They have been allowed to grow and to have scapes and I’ve had some blooms. I don’t know if rains have greened up the deer’s regular grazing areas or if the Bobbex helped to keep them away. But whatever the reason, I am grateful to see some scapes and [...]

AHS Garden Judge

I recieved my official status as a AHS Garden Judge and yesterday I recieved my annual ballot in the mail. It sounds very impressive and awe inspiring – you get to judge gardens right? You don’t judge gardens, you judge different [...]

SADS' April 19th meeting

SADS’ April 19th meeting will be on floral design by Boyd Farar. Boyd is going to creating 8 – 10 small table top designs with silk flowers (no bugs and never needs watering!!!!) that we will then auction off for donations to the [...]

Men's Garden Club of San Antonio – Not just for Men

Last night I did a seminar for the Men’s Garden Club of San Antonio at the San Antonio Garden Center (next to the Botanical Gardens on Funston). What a great group of gardeners and fun people! I spoke on both daylilies and bearded iris, and just a tad on [...]

Annual May Flower Show – On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

May Flower Show will be here. Will your daylilies be [...]

Texas Hill Country Garden Club Plant Sale

delivered a load of bearded iris and daylilies up to the Texas Hill Country Garden Club garage and plant [...]