Deborah Silver is an accomplished and experienced landscape and garden designer whose firm first opened its doors in 1986.
Deborah Silver is a landscape and garden designer whose firm, Deborah Silver and Co Inc, opened its doors in 1986. She opened Detroit Garden Works, a retail store devoted to fine and unusual garden ornament and specialty plants, in 1996. In 2004, she opened the Branch studio, a subsidiary of the landscape company which designs and manufactures garden ornament in a variety of media. Though her formal education is in English literature and biology, she worked as a fine artist in watercolor and pastel from 1972-1983. A job in a nursery, to help support herself as an artist in the early 80’s evolved into a career in landscape and garden design. Her landscape design and installation projects combine a thorough knowledge of horticulture with an artist’s eye for design. Her three companies provide a wide range of products and services to the serious gardener. She has been writing this journal style blog since April of 2009.
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great photos, thanks for posting!
Love this dog and love boxwoods
me too!
Love it!
Nice pictures and a cute dog, but I would worry about damage to the boxwoods though. No?
Dear Antoine, it was unfair not to mention that I have pruned a “corgi door” in this hedge. It is not so visible from the outside, but it is enough such that Milo can get in there without hurting the boxwood. Why both corgis like to go in and out-I have no idea. I have 2 “doors” in the south hedge, and 2 doors in the north hedge. It’s a lot easier to accommodate them, than to keep them out. Thanks, Deborah
Love it!! Instead of living fence, it’s a living “doggie door”.
Susie, living doggie door-why didn’t I think of that? Thanks, Deborah
Great photos. Who are those gorgeous roses and how long have they been planted there?
Today’s photos made me laugh . . . how delightful!
I love animals that have personality and I can tell your dogs do. Very photogenic pup as if he knew how and when to pose. Too cute!
Incredibly cute! I think he was waiting for you to follow him through the hedge.
How funny are you! That is exactly the look on his face!
What a joy! All of it, the dogs, boxwood, and raised steel bed.
thanks.
I love boxwoods and the dog looks so cute! Just beautiful in and out. Nice share!