Category: Planning

Dr. Michael Dirr Talks Shrubs

I had the great fortune to attend the iLandscape show in early February and heard Dr. Michael Dirr speak on shrubs.  You can watch the video below, he is a hoot!  It is an amateur recording though you should be able to hear everything he says. Details on many of the cultivars he talks about… Continue reading Dr. Michael Dirr Talks Shrubs

Seed Swap

So we went to the Chicago Botanic Garden Seed Swap and boy was it amazing.  There were thousands of seeds being doled out to new and seasoned gardeners.  I brought a couple dozen different types of seeds and collected maybe 3 dozen new seeds that I have never planted before.  Did you know that sunflowers… Continue reading Seed Swap

Winter Planning

It’s the middle of winter and so much is going on! As you know I had an incredibly successful trip to San Diego filming a Gardenieres commercial series with HGTV.  I have some great news about the next shoot!  I would love to tell everyone in person so if you want to wait for a face-to-face don’t scroll to… Continue reading Winter Planning

Making Mini Greenhouses

Here is another gardening project that can be done in the winter.  It’s January in Chicago, at least 2 to 3 months until we can think about getting annuals into the garden, depending on the weather.  So let’s take matters into our own hands and get some plants started.  Let’s make mini greenhouses to get… Continue reading Making Mini Greenhouses

New Design Project

Great News!  Keeler Gardens has been welcomed into a new project with one of our local Chicago parks.  Everything is in the early development stages.  The park has established woods and river front, in addition to general horticulture advice for these areas, I’ll be involved to promote prairie and display gardens. I am also going to present them with a basic… Continue reading New Design Project

Building a New Garden

I just finished a nice-sized garden for a friend and wanted to share the process with everyone.  Here is what the space looked like when we started… As you can see there is no garden, just lawn.  My friends had a specific design in mind for the new garden.  They wanted a break between the… Continue reading Building a New Garden

More of the Midwest Gardeniere

Great news everyone!  There are more new Gardeniere videos online to watch.  I want to thank everyone for spreading the word and for all the compliments.  Filming has been very exciting and rewarding. A few posts ago I showed some pictures of the projects we worked on early this fall.  The newest video shows how… Continue reading More of the Midwest Gardeniere