Deborah Silver is an accomplished and experienced landscape and garden designer whose firm first opened its doors in 1986.
window box with lime alocasia
Belgian stoneware planted with Persian Shield, polka dot plant, and King begonias
pink dahlias, Persian Queen geraniums, and petunias
white dahlias, blue salvia, angelonia, showy oregano, frosted curls grass, and petunias
shade pot
black and lime
window box
shade pot
window boxes at the shop
boxwood, silver shield plectranthus, and variegated licorice
late summer
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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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Every pot and window box — a joy to behold!
Each one is an inspiration and they seem to be going through the season quite well.
Your blog is wonderful. Excellent writing,well organized and your containersoiî take my breath away.
This is the first fan letter I have written in my whole life.
Dear Bev, thanks for the compliment-I appreciate it! Best Deborah
These are wonderful. What plant is cascading down in your 2nd window box? Just lovely.
Dear Jennifer, creeping jenny and lime potato vine. Thanks, Deborah
Beautiful. I almost wish it was spring again so I can plant more containers. The plants in each seem so well balanced. Do you trim during the season to keep one plant from dominating?
Dear Ben, you can get close to creating shape and balance by your plant choices. I dead head flowers, but I do not trim the plants. Best, Deborah