BooksLectures and WorkshopsPeopleUncategorized Writers’ Heaven! Ana Maria Spagna (far left), Julie, and colleagues at the Chesapeake Writers Conference. Photo: Ana…JMMDSJuly 5, 2013
DesignPeopleUncategorized One-of-a-Kind Outdoor Furniture Joan Mullen in her handmade chair and Yo-Yo OttoMa footrest. Looking for outdoor furniture that…JMMDSJuly 2, 2013
DesignUncategorized Backyard Landscape Design: A Cambridge, MA, Garden Refurbished By Julie Moir Messervy. All images courtesy of homeowners except where noted. The original stone…JMMDSJune 10, 2013
BooksDesignProducts The Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill By Julie Moir Messervy Photo by Thomas Linger, from Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill, page 48.…JMMDSMay 15, 2013
AllPeopleUpcoming Events “Your Garden Style” Lecture, Sunday, April 28 Just in time for a late-blooming spring, Julie is giving a new lecture entitled "Your…JMMDSApril 26, 2013
PeoplePlaces Award-Winning Exhibit at the 2013 Boston Flower & Garden Show JMMDS and Mass Hort win Highest Award for Best Exhibit Staged by a Non-Profit Organization…JMMDSApril 1, 2013
Plants Plants We Love: Some Excellent Shrubs By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS Two years ago Ball Horticultural Company sent JMMDS some shrubs to…JMMDSMarch 8, 2013
DesignTips Landscape Design: Repeating Garden Elements By Julie Moir Messervy A charming collection of rounded beach pebbles set out on a…JMMDSFebruary 19, 2013
EssaysPeople The Importance of Permaculture By Cary White (JMMDS Intern, January 2013) Julie and Cary at work in the JMMDS…JMMDSFebruary 1, 2013
Design “Happy Home” Pin-to-Win Contest: Win a Front Yard Design Makeover! This looks like a happy home! Design: Alice Moir. Photo: Randy O'Rourke (Home Outside: Creating…JMMDSJanuary 22, 2013
Design The New Homestead & Organic Gardening Magazine By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS Have you seen the Feb/Mar 2013 issue of Organic Gardening Magazine?…JMMDSJanuary 8, 2013
Products Holiday Gift Round-Up from JMMDS By Julie Moir Messervy Here are a few of our favorite things that we’re giving…JMMDSDecember 19, 2012
Lectures and WorkshopsPeoplePlacesUncategorized “Creating Home Outside” APLD Design Workshop in Portland, OR By Julie Moir Messervy. All photos by Debra Berger, APLD Oregon. Out of the myriad…JMMDSDecember 7, 2012
PlacesUncategorized Landscape Design for a Greenville, SC, Public Park: Part Two By Jana Bryan Wunderle, JMMDS. This is Part Two of a two-part blog. Please see…JMMDSNovember 9, 2012
Places The Ghosts of Two Gardens: Part One In honor of Halloween, a two-part special blog on ghostly gardens by Erica Bowman, JMMDS.…JMMDSOctober 31, 2012
DesignPlaces Landscape Design for a Greenville, SC, Public Park: Part One By Jana Bryan Wunderle, JMMDS Color photos:JMMDS Black & white historical images courtesy of Furman…JMMDSOctober 5, 2012
Books The Roots of My Obsession: Thirty Great Gardeners Reveal Why They Garden You plant the seed, you nurture it, it nurtures you. –Susan Heeger, “Homegrown,” from The…JMMDSSeptember 21, 2012
PeoplePlacesUncategorized A Virtual Visit to the Toronto Music Garden Last week Julie paid a visit to the Toronto Music Garden with her parents and…JMMDSAugust 31, 2012
DesignPeople Announcing the “Creating Home Outside” Pinterest Contest Winners! Hi, everyone! We intended to post our Pinterest contest results on August 24, but at…JMMDSAugust 27, 2012
All “Creating Home Outside” Pinterest Contest Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio and Home Outside are hosting a Pin-to-Win “Creating Home Outside”…JMMDSAugust 6, 2012
DesignHow-ToServices Home Outside Online Design Service: A Magical, Happy Space By Jennifer Silver. Photos and images, JMMDS. Last year JMMDS launched our Home Outside online…JMMDSJuly 26, 2012
DesignPeoplePlacesPlants Marvelous, Magical Madoo Text and photos by Anna Karina Johansen, JMMDS Meandering through Madoo Conservancy‘s intimate, magical gardens,…JMMDSJuly 9, 2012
AllDesignPeoplePlacesProducts Eye on Design: Room 68 Eye on Design: Room 68 Recently, Julie and her daughter Charlotte—on a quest for outdoor…JMMDSJune 25, 2012
Press USA Today Today USA Today ran an article by Wendy Koch headlined, "Use of Outside Living Areas…JMMDSJune 18, 2012
EssaysPeople Botox and Blossoms: Toward a Sustainable Beauty Joy and Melancholy in the Native Plant Garden A guest post by Real Eguchi and…JMMDSJune 1, 2012
Uncategorized Spring Flowers: A Game of “Name That Plant” Julie recently went on an early-morning ramble with her iPhone and snapped the following images.…JMMDSMay 21, 2012
AllHow-ToNew HomesteadTips “The Gravest Natural Resource Shortage You’ve Never Heard Of” By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS Establishing a reliable phosphorus supply is essential for assuring long-term, sustainable…JMMDSMay 15, 2012
AllHow-ToNew HomesteadTips Old Dog, New Tricks: Prepping the Vegetable Garden Beds Text and photos (except where noted) by Jennifer Silver, JMMDS Gas prices have been going…JMMDSMay 3, 2012
All Odds ‘n’ Ends By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS Hello, blog readers! We hope that some of you have been…JMMDSApril 17, 2012
AllProductsServices Home Outside Landscape Design App Version 2.0 This has been an exciting week for JMMDS! So much news to share: New York…JMMDSApril 6, 2012