Boston ivy in January
repainting the shop
new paint
rim of 19th century antique English cast iron urn
new paint
grapevine deer
shop wrecked
grapevines and wagon wheels
tall space
milkweed seed pods
Belgian hazelwood twig planter boxes
Deborah Silver is an accomplished and experienced landscape and garden designer whose firm first opened its doors in 1986.
Boston ivy in January
repainting the shop
new paint
rim of 19th century antique English cast iron urn
new paint
grapevine deer
shop wrecked
grapevines and wagon wheels
tall space
milkweed seed pods
Belgian hazelwood twig planter boxes
I took this photograph in January of 2011. How different my garden looks today. In fact, my garden looks different most every day. I tried very hard to pick only one picture to represent the garden each month-that was too much pressure. Given that I have 23 pictures dead ahead, I will quit typing, but for this. My garden gives much back to me. I could not do without it.
January 2011
February 2011
February 2011
March 2011
April 2011
April 2011
May 2011
June 2011
June 2011
July 2011
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August 2011
August 2011
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October 2011
November 2011
November 2011
December 2011
December 2011
winter containers with flame willow and bleached leaf stems
lacquered birch twigs and lavender eucalyptus
curly flame willow and aouthern magnolia stems
boxwood pyramid
stone mason’s Christmas gift to his wife
winter arrangement with mixed eucalyptus
holiday front door
red twig dogwood and Michigan holly
holiday packages wrapped by Jenny
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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