Catskill Gardens Photo Stream
With so many obstacles—deer, groundhogs, rabbits, bears, cold long winter, unpredictable weather, etc.—gardening in the Catskills is not a piece of cake. But with a little perseverance and patience, the rewards are spectacular!
Our a/c is out. Sucks in Carolina heat. So Tom and I get up super early, with owls, the American toads who are singing loud, trying to mate, and the four O'clocks pumping out the fragrance of cheap incense mixed with Easter candy.
This saturated and stormy August has been a bit of a damper on our foraging & outdoor work but our gardens are absolutely thriving in it. The tropicals we interplanted with the grasses and shrubs are bursting with all the humidity and moist soil. The Red House looks like it’s beginning to be engulfed by the garden and that’s just the way we like it. .
Garden Conservancy Open Days - 7/6: My garden and 4 other glorious gardens in our remote Delaware County are open to see this coming weekend. You have to go to the Garden Conservancy website and search for the date and location and register but you can do it!!! It will be a great way to spend a Saturday in the Catskills. Peggy (my amazing wife) may even make some goodies to sit and enjoy on the porch (which is our favorite viewing spot).
Eve Joslyn Madalengoitia’s soundscape is officially up and running! Follow the QR code to listen or download. For the best experience, bring yourself and your ear buds to see all of our budding flowers and trees! #brunelpark #evejoslynmusic #springgardens #catskillgardens #soundscapes
#hudsonvalley, #catskillgardens, #organicgardening,#insects
I stopped by this charming cottage where we put in this little garden last year and was delighted to see how great it looked. The clients are great and have been taking care of it so I hadn't seen it in a while. We are going to do more work on this place when the septic is replace but I love the building and setting. If you scroll to the last 2 photos you can see what it looked like before we started. I think it is really fun to see the "befores" viburnumgardens
Flowers, doing their amazing job of bringing joy. Much needed. #garden #catskillgardens #gardener #flowerpots #annuals #flowersofinstagram #flowergarden #colorcomposition #flowerjoy #forthebees #forthehummingbirds #forthesoul
Kyle trimming the verge by the river. #catskillgardens #hudsonvalleygardens
Chick Charms ‘Golden Nugget’ sparkling with its frosty tips - so delicate yet such a show stopper! #crassuleaceas #hensandchicks #chickcharmsgoldnugget #succulents #hardysucculents #mygarden #frostymorning #gardening #plantgeek #latefallgarden #catskillgardens
Discovered the last of the adorable fairy strawberries and ate them on the spot— (hope the strawberry-thieving robins were watching) you must because the moment you pick them they start to lose their magic. Not sure why, but it’s true. #catskillgardens
Late August foggy garden #Donstathamblog #totemfarmgarden #donstathamgarden #catskillgardens #angelicagigas
I know is it odd to open a post with a mass of gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides), the dreaded plant that I warn everyone to keep out of their garden. However, in a situation where I want a dense groundcover where there is nothing else that will require little to no weeding, it is great. it will hold a bank, looks good all season and even providing beautiful fall color. My clients call it the soufflé because it often has a fluffy/lumpy top that looks, well, like a soufflé.
Nature, baby. #catskillgardens #springinthecatskills #colors #natureastherapy
Fleeting summer: #hydrangeatardica #totemfarmgarden #catskillgardens #donstathamblog #donstathamgarden #Coreopsistripteris #kirengeshomapalmata palmata #layersinthegarden
Luna explores the garden #indoorcatoutside #blackcat #adoptdontshop #adoptblackcats #catsofinstagram #growyourownfood #catskillgardens
Very fully summer in the Catskills. Come on up and sweat like mad then go jump in the creak across the street 💦
My new rainbow butterfly garden 🌈 🦋 🌺
Got a SHAGGY HEART? Trim & clean that baby up. There’s only 3 weeks left for that “Summer Romance”. Get with it. #topiary #topiarygarden #heartsabound #showyourlove #catskillgardens #foodforthought True
Liking this color combo. Interested to see how it will look in a few weeks. #catskillgardens #containergardens
Is it just me or is gardening an addiction? 🤷🏻♀️🪴🌸
Lovely September morning
cucumbers & peppers from the glass mountain inn garden picked for our guests delivered by Sloane. We are the olive garden of Catskill Inns "when you're here, you are family." 😉#upstateny #catskills #catskillgardens #cucumbers #flowergarden #kidswhogarden #healthyeating #glassmountaininn
Golden light shining on all the new grasses and shrubs we picked up pondside_nursery for the backbone of the new red house gardens.
Tomato bounty at Wildcat Gardens, bumper crop! Mary starts these from seeds and grow lights, amended soil, and supplements, and this is the fruit of her labors! She's a master gardener, I just chill in the chaise lounge drinking lemonade and watch her work! Lucky to have married a farm girl!#catskill nature#catskillsmountains #claryvilleny #claryville #catskillmountains #catskillfarms #catskillgardens
Catskills Catnip #catsofinstagram #catogram #gingercat #catnip #catskills #catskillgardens
This huge rugosa garden (not my idea!! - I tried to talk the client out of it) was created 6 years ago. It is such a beast to keep looking good.
A drawing about optimism. And about gardening in the Catskills. For chronogram magazine a few years back. Thanks to David Perry and Brian Mahoney. #gardenlife #gardening #animalartist #deer #outdoorplants #yardwork #catskillgardens
#Catskills #upstateny #lilies #gardens #catskillgardens #carskilllodging
Peony and pollinator. #bumblebees #insects #flowers #peonies #catskillgardens #emersonspa
It’s the weekend. Come join us by the river, under the willows. Ribs, taco special and yummy cold drinks to stay or to go. Open today at 3:00, tomorrow and Sunday at 1:00. 😎🌮🍔🌭🍦🍨
Hard to believe we were in the cool evening, special light of the Catskills just over a week ago. Hard to believe some of the gardeners we saw were friends from Manhattan, 25 years ago.
We all need those moments of contrast, those friends and road trips that loosen the rubberbands in our heads. ......
There's a four part story about the road trip on my substack, plantpeople, link in bio. 1,2,3 are out and part for, with deanriddlegardens is coming in a week or so.
#secretsofsoutherngardens #gaygardeners #metrohort #catskillgardens
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#upstateny #catskills #catskillstyle #catskillgardens #gardendesign #garden #catskillmountains #redhouse #curbappeal #oakhillny #hortandpott #tropicals #perennialgarden
Don't miss my dear friends' garden on Gunhouse Hill Road as well as all of my other friends' gardens on display.
#gardenconservancy
#gardenconservancyopendays
#gardentour
#exploregardens
#catskillgardens
#julygardens
#cottagegarden
#gardendesign
#catskillgardens
#gardening
My client did this beautiful barn renovation so that the "barn bed" that has daffodils, daylilies and Black-eyed Susans providing a succession of blooms, really sings, especially tiered with the goosies. We just extended the barn trifecta bed to the end of the new wall.
The meadowish treatment, clearly visible in the 5th photo was an experiment with interspersing different grasses and forbs into an existing hay field to see if we could get something nice without having to kill everything first and go through the whole meadow creation drama. It is OK I think.
#scaryplants
#dontputhisinyourgarden
#goosiesandsuzies
#renovatedbarn
#landscapedesign
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#cottagegarden #raisedbeds #catskillgardens #upstateny #mounttremper #shandaken #upstateweekend #catskillmountains
#coneflowers #butterflygarden #pollinatorgarden #catskillgardens
#catskillgardens #gardenaddict #plantladyisthenewcatlady
#basiliongardens. #catskillgardens. #summersend #delawarecountyny. #hobartny
#rugosa
#rugosaroses
#bouldersinthegarden
#catskillgardens
#weirdgarden
