Beauty That Deer Leave Untouched: Lessons from Azure Garnet
🦌 Deer Challenge: Azure Garnet
After years of watching roses, hostas, and tulips vanish overnight, we stopped planting for the deer and began planting with them in mind. Azure Garnet is a palette built on true survivors — Japanese maples, boxwood, salvia, nepeta, and grasses — creating a garden of resilience, seasonal beauty, and peace of mind.
Grace on the Hillside: Lessons from Terraced Radiance
⛰️ Slope challenge: Terraced Radiance
Our backyard slope was once an empty canvas — too steep for perennials, too costly for stone terraces. With hydrangeas, spirea, and thoughtful layering, we transformed it into a hillside of rhythm, color, and movement. Terraced Radiance shows how slopes can become not just stable, but radiant.