With so many things in a frenzy of bloom it’s not hard to feel the excitement of spring and the promise of warmer weather and all that it brings. Despite the incessant blight that has diminished our dogwood trees (Cornus), it’s hard not to notice their beautiful bloom, even on trees that seem noticeably stressed. There’s something particularly nice about the horizontal petals of the bloom that drink up the sunlight and carry a piece of the morning through the entire day. (more…)

And so it begins. In almost all places in New England spring emerges as April comes to a close. The degree and intensity varies. I’m sure the hills of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are still draped in snow bank. But even these will feel the gentle stir of thaw on one of these unusually warm early spring days. Speaking of degrees…temperatures were in the eighties today…too warm for April but enjoyable nonetheless. A day spent getting the gardens ready. (more…)

This site is devoted to the landscape and gardening articles, poetry and musings of award-winning landscape designer and critically acclaimed author Jeff Hutton.

As an author, Jeff has penned two recently published books, Perfect Silence, a novel and Inside Out: The Art & Craft of Landscape Design.

Gardener’s Muse: reflections on landscapes and life and Third Dog: a serial muse inspired by his golden retriever, will be updated periodically. Please take a few moments to browse through the site and read some of Jeff’s thoughtful and informative writing. For more information about Jeff Hutton and his work please see his biography.