AllDesign Romancing the Garden Isn't this bench perfect for watching the sunset with a sweetheart? At a distance from…Jennifer SilverFebruary 7, 2014
AllPlaces A Trip to France: For the Love of Lines By Julie Moir Messervy My husband and I recently spent a week in France where…Jennifer SilverDecember 23, 2013
AllDesignHow-ToUncategorized Palette Landscape Design App: A User Design & Some Big News… A user of the Home Outside Palette landscape design app sent us the incredible design above, with…Jennifer SilverDecember 13, 2013
AllDesignUncategorizedVideo Landscape Design Concepts Video #5: Aesthetic Arrangements Click the image above to watch the video. Once you have evaluated your site and…Jennifer SilverDecember 6, 2013
AllDesignPeoplePlacesUncategorized Renovating Tenshin-en, The Garden of the Heart of Heaven By Julie Moir Messervy, with photos by JMMDS. Restoration in progress at Tenshin-en, The Garden…Jennifer SilverNovember 22, 2013
AllDesignUncategorized Palette Landscape Design App “Ask an Expert” Re-Design #3 An app user in nearby Northampton, MA, sent us this design with a request for…Jennifer SilverNovember 15, 2013
AllDesignPeopleUncategorizedUpcoming Events JMMDS and Hempstead House in the News "Mr. Ma's Winter Garden," designed by JMMDS for Hempstead House, photographed by Marilynn K. Yee…Jennifer SilverOctober 31, 2013
AllDesignHow-ToTipsUncategorizedVideo Landscape Design Concepts Video #4: Choosing a Layout Ideally, when we design our home landscapes, we look at our property as a whole…Jennifer SilverOctober 25, 2013
AllDesignTipsUncategorized Palette Landscape Design App “Ask an Expert” Re-Design #2 Dynamic Balance This Home Outside Palette landscape design app user employed the "Ask an Expert"…Jennifer SilverOctober 21, 2013
AllPeoplePlacesUncategorizedUpcoming Events Upcoming Event: A Design Showhouse at Hempstead House Historic Hempstead House at the Guggenheim estate in Sands Point, NY, is considered the "quintessential…Jennifer SilverOctober 18, 2013
AllDesignHow-ToPlantsSustainable SolutionsUncategorized Design Tips: Using Trees in the Home Landscape By Julie Moir Messervy (based on her July 20th Real Estate Today radio interview with…Jennifer SilverAugust 16, 2013
AllDesign Home Outside Online Landscape Design: Urban Farm By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS Today we're sharing with you the designs JMMDS created for the…Jennifer SilverJuly 19, 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…Jennifer SilverApril 26, 2013
All “Creating Home Outside” Pinterest Contest Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio and Home Outside are hosting a Pin-to-Win “Creating Home Outside”…Jennifer SilverAugust 6, 2012
AllDesignPeoplePlacesProducts Eye on Design: Room 68 Eye on Design: Room 68 Recently, Julie and her daughter Charlotte—on a quest for outdoor…Jennifer SilverJune 25, 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…Jennifer SilverMay 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…Jennifer SilverMay 3, 2012
All Odds ‘n’ Ends By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS Hello, blog readers! We hope that some of you have been…Jennifer SilverApril 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…Jennifer SilverApril 6, 2012
AllPhotosPlaces Southern Scandinavia: A Photo Journal Text and photos by Anna Karina Johansen Most question a trip to southern Scandinavia in…JMMDSMarch 23, 2012
AllPeopleUpcoming Events Creative Design: Musical Park Benches By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS We’ve recently had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of Garry…Jennifer SilverMarch 15, 2012
AllBooksNew HomesteadPlants Fruits and Nuts: Good Winter Reading By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS My house may be full of nuts, but my yard has…Jennifer SilverMarch 9, 2012
AllBooksPeople Good stuff to share! Apologies to all our blog readers and especially to Dr. Leonard Perry, whose book The…Jennifer SilverMarch 2, 2012
AllBooksDesignPhotosUpcoming Events JMMDS’ New Book: Call for Submissions Exciting news! We are working on a new book, entitled Landscaping Ideas That Work, to…Jennifer SilverJanuary 27, 2012
All JMMDS Tell-All: Our Favorite Seed Catalogs By JMMDS Snow is finally blanketing the ground here in Vermont, offering a blank canvas…Jennifer SilverJanuary 20, 2012
AllBooksProducts Holiday Gift Suggestions from JMMDS By JMMDS A holiday gift blog post has become an annual tradition at JMMDS. Here's…Jennifer SilverDecember 16, 2011
AllPeoplePlacesPlants Specimen Trees: A Visit to Shin-Boku Nursery Text and photos (except where noted) by Jana Bryan Wunderle, JMMDS Julie and I recently…Jennifer SilverNovember 21, 2011
AllDesignPeoplePlaces Design Inspiration: Adriaan Geuze and West 8 By Julie Moir Messervy A few weeks ago, I was honored to speak at Longwood…Jennifer SilverNovember 10, 2011
AllNew HomesteadPlants Last Plant Standing: A Snarky Gardener’s Take on the Late, Late Bloomers Text and photos by Erica Bowman, JMMDS Dahlia bud. Autumn is hard on us gardeners.…Jennifer SilverOctober 21, 2011
AllPlants Reviving Rudbeckia: A Case Study of Downy Mildew By Erica Bowman, JMMDS Healthy Rudbeckias, or black-eyed Susans, are a beautiful addition to the…Jennifer SilverSeptember 26, 2011