November 02, 2018
Austin Open Day Tour: Este Garden
Este Garden, on a third of an acre, surrounded by neighboring homes, supplies enough produce for three Austin restaurants …
Austin Open Day Tour: Pollinators’ Paradise garden
I got a sneak peek of the 5 Austin gardens on the November 8th Garden Conservancy tour. Here’s the Pollinators’ Paradise Garden …
Meet me on the Gardens of Texas tour this November
My book tour for Gardens of Texas continues throughout November in Brenham, Austin, Bastrop, Dallas, Wichita Falls, and Grapevine …
Scaring up a good time at Quinta Mazatlan for Sticks & Bones and Planta Nativa
Exploring a spooky Halloween trail, birding, and giving a talk at Quinta Mazatlan’s Planta Nativa Night in the Rio Grande Valley …
Monarch butterflies fueling up in my garden
The fall migration of monarch butterflies runs through Texas. Today they showed up by the dozens in my garden to refuel on white mistflower …
Giddy-up skeletons and more in Lori’s garden
A fall visit to Lori Daul’s garden started off with a smile thanks to grinning skeletons riding herd on agaves …
Lucinda’s garden welcomes Day of the Dead
Lucinda Hutson and her garden are welcoming, colorful, and one-of-a-kind, especially when decked out for Day of the Dead …
Let’s talk Texas gardens on video and in person!
To launch my new book, I’ve been doing interviews on radio and podcasts. Take a listen, watch on YouTube, & come see me this week in East TX …
Natalie the Plant Ninja is slaying lawn, growing a garden
The Plant Ninja’s real name is Natalie, and she’s a gardener with a lot of can-do, DIY, garden-building energy who lives in Nolanville, Texas …
Visit from Natalie the Plant Ninja
YouTuber Natalie McAnarney came to film my garden last weekend for The Plant Ninja, her excellent video series on Texas gardening …
Publication day for Gardens of Texas!
Publication day! Gardens of Texas is here — a love letter to the creativity and resilience blooming across the Lone Star State …
Learn how Texas gardeners are adapting to weather extremes, making gorgeous gardens
Come learn from Gardens of Texas author Pam Penick at a November 6 presentation for Garden Spark in Austin! …
Fall sights at Barton Springs Nursery
October 12, 2025 I popped into Barton Springs Nursery this week and admired how beautiful the grounds are looking. The big palm in the entry court is accented with beaked yucca, horsetail, ‘Will Fleming’ yaupon holly, bamboo muhly grass, and root beer plant — a tapestry of foliage texture — …
I’m on The Plantastic Podcast talking first jobs, blogging, Gardens of Texas
I’m honored to be on Dr. Jared Barnes’s The Plantastic Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about gardening, writing, and Gardens of Texas …
