August 6, 2025: Featured in Tribeza Home & Design: “Garden Conservancy Hosts Fall Tour of Private Austin Gardens.” Travis County Open Day returns Nov. 8 with a self-guided tour of five standout private gardens curated by The Garden Conservancy.
July 21, 2025: Featured in CultureMap Austin’s “5 private gardens in Austin bloom for Garden Conservancy's fall tour:
“Once a 1960s ranch home, this Barton Hills garden has evolved into what is now known as Pollinator Paradise. The property's neighbors purchased the house and tore it down to make room for this garden. Featuring 1,800 square feet of fresh flowers, 15+ native tree species, conservation beds and more, the Barton Hills oasis is a love letter to nature in full bloom.”
June 19, 2025: The Barton Hills project was featured on Austin PBS’ Central Texas Gardener. Also see CTG’s blog post, “Garden Design: Plant Communities for Wildlife.” This garden will be showcased on the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days 2025 tour on November 8.
“Pollinators’ Paradise,” a project I’ve been working on since 2023, will be featured on the 2025 Garden Conservancy Open Day Tour. The Garden Conservancy is a national non-profit dedicated to “preserving, sharing, and celebrating America’s gardens and diverse gardening traditions for the education and inspiration of the public.” The 2025 Open Days program includes over 300 gardens across 22 states. The Travis County tour on November 8, organized locally by Twistleaf Land Design, is open to the public and features 5 gardens. Information about ticket sales and location will be forthcoming. Stay tuned in October for a segment on Austin PBS’ Central Texas Gardener, filmed onsite at Pollinator Paradise to promote the tour. A photo of this garden was chosen to represent the Texas section of the Conservancy’s Open Days print directory.
February 23, 2023, Austin PBS’ Central Texas Gardener: An on-tour segment featured Lori Najvar and Glen Chappell’s cliffside oasis in overlooking Barton Creek. I worked with Lori and Glen to design and install this project, softening rugged edges with native plants, attracting wildlife, and tackling erosion, slope, dry shade and armadillo pressure. For a partial plant list and my tips on improving clay soil, visit CTG’s blog post, “Dry Creek Hillside Design: Clay Soil and Shade.”
April 19, 2019, Austin PBS' Central Texas Gardener: In the segment "Dry Creek Do’s and Don’ts," I explain best practices and DIY tips for creating a naturalistic and functional dry creek to direct rainwater runoff in the landscape.
September 22, 2018, Austin PBS’ Central Texas Gardener: Two segments about saving and planting seeds. How do you harvest seeds, and when’s the right time to do it? What is the best way to store seeds? How do you prepare seeds for planting? Find out below.
See also my Hothouse podcast episode with Colleen about seed saving and the Central Texas Seed Library.
October 18, 2017, Austin PBS’ Central Texas Gardener: Architect Sandy Stone's wildlife-friendly homestead was featured in an on-tour segment. I worked with Sandy to create serene "garden rooms" under the shade of majestic live oaks in South Austin.
February 18, 2017, Central Texas Gardener: On a segment called “Garden Rehab,” I gave tips on how to renovate overgrown, overrun, and overplanted gardens.
November 25, 2016, The Austin Chronicle: In the paper’s holiday gift guide, I named my favorite local nurseries and shops for finding plants, tools, and garden-related gifts.
October 22, 2016, Spectrum News’ Garden Journeys with Colleen Dieter: In a segment called “Growing Cut Flowers,” I gave a rundown on growing roses, annuals, and perennials for flower arrangements.
July 9, 2016, Central Texas Gardener: In an on-tour segment called "Small Space Design," I gave a tour of my balcony and patio gardens at home. More details and photos in the show blog here.
August 2, 2014, KXAN's "Weekend Gardener with John Dromgoole": While working at the Natural Gardener, I was interviewed about building a topiary dinosaur, the “Melonsaurus,” on the nursery grounds.