Designing beautiful planters/containers is a real passion for me. I love the instant gratification you can get from putting a planter at your front door, back patio near the pool that reflects your personality. There are so many options for colors, texture, composition, and edible, and this can include all four seasons. The planters can have four different looks during the seasons in the Midwest, a Winter Interest, Spring, Summer and FALL looks. There are a few rules to container gardening to start with:

Turf is always a fun topic to discuss, at least to me it’s fun. Keeping turf in great health and looking as beautiful as possible is a full time job or at least it seems like it. I compiled a few tips to help with this task.

Summer is here and the landscapes are in full bloom. If your plants are showing signs of ‘heat exhaustion’ it might be time to think about Missouri Native Plants. Native plants have many beneficial reasons to use in the landscape.