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!
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.
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
Iris in Catskill #catskillvillage #catskillcollectibles #iris #catskillmountains #catskillgardens
🐝POLLINATOR FLOWERS 🐝
Sundown on the new Red House gardens. It’s a Chartreuse and green dream for us during this really beautiful spring we’re having here upstate. We hope you all are enjoying it wherever you are!
#Catskills #upstateny #lilies #gardens #catskillgardens #carskilllodging
The nasturtiums have been very happy in the garden this year!
Our design page is now live on our website! We're proud to offer unique and adventurous garden designs for your upstate home or business. This is a photo of a blue and white perennial border I designed here in the Catskills taken in mid spring. Follow the link in our profile to explore and learn more about our garden services! 👆
opulence defined #wisteria #wisteriahysteria #drippingflowers #arbor #hudsonvalleybeauty #catskillgardens
Flowers, doing their amazing job of bringing joy. Much needed. #garden #catskillgardens #gardener #flowerpots #annuals #flowersofinstagram #flowergarden #colorcomposition #flowerjoy #forthebees #forthehummingbirds #forthesoul
Some photos of my early fall garden; it is without doubt my favorite time of the year.
Before the rains swept in.
#amaranth #volunteerplants #burgundy #catskills #catskillgardens
Poppy time! #laurensgrapepoppy #donstathamblog #totemfarmgarden #icehouse #julygarden #catskillgardens
I rarely post images of brand new installations but this one is really special and I am very excited about it. We got the opportunity to design and install a beautiful landscape for a village property with a great client. We got to start with a blank canvas and create paths, a courtyard, patio, pergola with swing and several matrix plantings that I can't wait to see in their full glory. There will be multiple framings for sculptures. No, the hose holder is not a sculpture.
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.
Scenes around the garden in morning light. #carterburdengallery #nyartistscircle #catskillgardens
We did a huge project last year with many walls, paths, steps and naturalistic plantings. We are not taking care of this property so I don't get opportunities to photograph it. I stopped by on a whim on the last day of September in the middle of the day and took a bunch of photos. There is so much going on and it is hard to capture. I was so excited see it looking so spiffy.
some views of my spiral garden, not really yet in bloom, but very fluffy. it was supposed to be low maintenance, ha! That was a fantasy.
Golden light shining on all the new grasses and shrubs we picked up pondside_nursery for the backbone of the new red house gardens.
3rd year for this very informal treatment of this country home; complete with coffee cup and dogs. I am very happy with it
looking the fall gardens!!!!
freshly painted and patiently waiting. we have already been working for a month sneaking in days here and there, but it looks like the elusive spring of the Catskills has given us a few more days of rest. I’ll take it, even though I’m bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and ready to get started for real.
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. .
we were engaged by these lovely folks to help revamp and maintain their terraced garden. over the years we added a lot things, removed some things, pruned and moved stuff around. we added some rocks and gravel here and there. they typically have a lot of deer damage but when we visited the other day, it just looked great and I was inspired to take some photos and share them. we did not design the garden or build the walls but I think the overall affect is really nice.
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).
we have been working on this property in stages over the past decade. The clients are lovely people have become really good friends. I was just realizing that the second visit each season is one of the best because the spring cleanup is done and things are growing in; it is such a thrill to be able to fluff it up and make it look great. This one is particularly fun. How about those geranium macrorrhizums? 😬
always a crowd pleaser. we are going to do some more work at this property soon so I was there yesterday doing some evaluation and visited with the client. we are both kind of blown away by how lush this garden is.
since we have been designing, installing and stewarding landscapes/gardens for 20 years now, I am constantly overwhelmed by how they evolve. this willow walk is just an amazing example. I actually did visualize it becoming a canopy from the beginning but it is had to believe how amazingly it has transformed. We just put in a variety of carex under them to get some soft green texture and for me to see how these different varieties behave there: (for geeks only) albicans, eburnea, radiata and montana.
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#rugosa
#rugosaroses
#bouldersinthegarden
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#weirdgarden
#cottagegarden
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#gardening
To make a praire it takes a clover and one bee.
One clover, and a bee.
And revery.
The revery alone will do,
if bees are few.
Dandelions are among the first sips of spring available to our bee friends, and largely set the tone for how the season will go. No dandelions, no bees, no pollination, no garden.
Wait for these guys to go to seed before mowing or pulling, the bees will thank you by energetically pollinating your garden and giving you a bountiful harvest. 🙏👌
#mamagardenco #emilydickinson #bees #pollinatorflowers #catskillgardens #dandelions #upstateny
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#nasturtium #nasturtiums #summerflower #gardenflower #orangeflowers #yellowflower #summerbouquet #catskillsflowers #catskillsgarden #catskillgardens #catskillsmountains #catskillsrock #catskillsny #catskillsnewyork #hereinthecatskills #catskillpark #catskillliving #catskillsvibes
#catskillmountains
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#landscapedesign
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#autumngardens
#fallgardens
#texturedgarden
#basiliongardens #catskillgardens
Thank you leokoenigart
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#villagegarden
#sculpturegarden
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#leokoenig
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
#catskillgardens
#naturalisticplantings
#steppingstones
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#catskillmountains
#spiralgarden
#lownaintenancegardennot
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#specialtygardens
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#wildgardens
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#zone4landscapes
#fallgarden
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#spring?
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#upstateny #catskills #catskillstyle #catskillgardens #gardendesign #garden #catskillmountains #redhouse #curbappeal #oakhillny #hortandpott #tropicals #perennialgarden
#catskillgardens
#terracedgarden
#gardening
#mixedplanting
#landscapedesign
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
#catskillgardens
#catskillsmountains
#gardenmaintenance
#geranuimmacrorrhizum
#landscapedesign
#ornamentalgrasses
#lotsofgrasses
#cottagegarden
#catskillgardens
#landscapedesign
PLEASE SCROLL THOUGH TO SEE THE BEGINNING AND MIDDLE; forgive me for shouting but . . .
#maturegardens
#oldgardens
#willowwalk
#gardenevolution
#catskillgardens
#landscapedesign
#Basiliongardens #catskillgardens #delawarecountyny #autumncolors. #hobartny
