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Indoor Eden: Tulips, Hot House Flowers & Intoxicating Floral Fragrance . . .
 Indoor Eden: Moth Orchid Beside the Bedroom Window (Phalaenopsis) I truly love all four seasons, and I do find winter to be especially beautiful in New England.  However, enough is enough. It’s been a particularly cold March thus far, and I am more than ready for spring. It’s nice to get a bit of a […]
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Good Day, Sunshine . . .
Here comes the sun! Travel back to this post for a seed starting primer/review and get ready for your best garden yet! It’s that time of year again …Time to begin preparing for the rush of springtime. And although it’s a wee bit early to start vegetables —at least here in chilly Vermont, where 3′ […]
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A Little Romance . . .
 Wishing You Red & Pink Roses {click for miniature rose care guide} It’s Valentine’s Day & time for a little romance  . . .   Inspired by the Delights of Nature’s Courtship Dance . . .  And the Art of Seduction . . .  Hope Your Valentine’s Weekend is Filled with Winter Romance Photography & Text â“’ […]
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Hello February . . .
 Sunrise Salutations Hello, friends. It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? I missed you and I hope you’ve been well. I decided to take a brief sabbatical from blogging during the month of January, in order to focus my attention on painting. Well, the days spilled into weeks, and before I knew it, an entire month had passed. Here […]
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Happy New Year !
 A Delicate Hoarfrost Coats the Treetops Upon a Foggy New Year’s Eve Morn Wishing You a Happy and Healthy New Year! xx Photography & Text â“’  Michaela Medina Harlow/The Gardener’s Eden. All photographs, artwork, articles and content on this site (with noted exceptions), are the original, copyrighted property of Michaela Medina Harlow and/or The Gardener’s […]
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Peace on Earth . . .
Happy Holidays Wishing You All Things Merry & Bright! Photography & Text â“’ Â Michaela Medina Harlow/The Gardener’s Eden. All photographs, artwork, articles and content on this site (with noted exceptions), are the original, copyrighted property of Michaela Medina Harlow and/or The Gardener’s Eden and may not be reposted, reproduced or used in any way without […]
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Song of the Winter Solstice . . .
 December’s Cold Moon Sets at Dawn, Slipping Beyond the Snow-Covered Conifers Although her icy chariot swept across New England a bit early this year, Winter officially arrives in the Northern Hemisphere at 10:11am ET today, or December 21 at 17:11 UTC.  While the shift is slight at first —mere minutes added to each day— slowly, the […]
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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow! Season’s greetings, friends. I’ve been away from my desk for awhile, busy preparing for winter and planning for exciting things to come. But time marches on, and suddenly I realized, it’s been weeks since my last post. The season is changing quickly now, with frigid weather marking […]
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Setting the Table & Giving Thanks . . .
A Graceful Setting, in Hazy-Pink Light Wishing you a Thanksgiving filled with warmth, abundance, grace and beauty.  The Blushing Beauty of Wintry Skies Photography & Text â“’  Michaela Medina Harlow/The Gardener’s Eden. All photographs, artwork, articles and content on this site (with noted exceptions), are the original, copyrighted property of Michaela Medina Harlow and/or The […]
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November Light, A Dusting of Snow & The Beauty of Late Autumn Hues . . .
 Gathered from the Garden: Winterberry Branches by the Armful Late autumn and early winter are like two jealous siblings, pushing and pulling for our attention on Mother Nature’s beautiful playground. One day, autumn will win out; all golden light and tawny strands, running wild in the wind. And the next, winter pushes her back and […]
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Dusky Pink Twilight & Golden Moonrise
 November’s Full Beaver Moon Rises Through Tangled Beech Branches Late autumn is often a spectacular season for sky watching, and this year did not disappoint. How fortunate to have cloudless skies for both October and November’s full moonrise. With milder temperatures returning to New England this week, I spent Saturday outside, wandering about my garden […]
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Upon a Winter-Kissed, Autumn Day: Magical, First Snowfall in the Garden . . .
 A Snow-Kissed, November Morning Surprise in the Secret Garden November is an unpredictable month; nebulous skies shifting with blue-grey mystery. One moment the forest is flooded with warm light and the next, swept up in a chill. The first snow fell here yesterday —dusting the garden in a pretty swirl of lacy white — and […]
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Burnished Bronze & Jewel Tones: November Light in the Garden . . .
 Stepping into Late Autumn, Through the Secret Garden Door Jack Frost arrived a bit late to the garden this year, and so far, he’s breezed through only lightly. Though the calendar says it’s November, Black-eyed Susan and her pretty, pink Wind-Flower companions have thus far eluded his fatal kiss. The maples have all shed their […]
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Bittersweet Orange & Luminous Grey, November Slips in Soft & Dreamy . . .
Rain & Fog Softly Slip the Forest into November A stormy All Hallow’s Eve gave way to a soft, dove-grey dawn; bare treetops shrouded in luminous mist and wet roads strewn with bittersweet leaves. Lost in the sheer delight of driving foggy backroads home to my Vermont studio, I had to stop here and there […]
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A Riverside Cemetery Stroll at Sunset & Melancholy Musings on All Hallow’s Eve
All Hallow’s Eve Sweeps in with a Chill, Beneath the Stained Glass Canopy of Autumn (Acer palmatum at Riverside Cemetery, Massachusetts, established 1714) In the late days of October and early November —as fog sweeps across the fields and chilly frost settles in the valleys— melancholy thoughts begin to stir. Autumn is a beautiful time of […]
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Through Autumn’s Golden Mist . . .
 Wild Wonders, Through the Golden Mist of Autumn For all the beautiful, ornate gardens I’ve visited —filled with the finest follies, walls, arches, topiaries and hedges— my greatest inspiration remains Mother Nature and her wild wonder; seen here through Autumn’s golden mist . . .  Autumn’s Antique, Tea-Stained Lace Bathed in Morning Light, Like Milk […]
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Hunter Moon & Butterscotch Beech
 The Full, Hunter Moon, Rising Through Butterscotch-Hued Beech Leaves Busy with end-of-season garden design work and autumn planting, I’ve had little time this month to write or update the site with photos. Hopefully, I’ll have a few moments to play catch up and share some ongoing projects and autumn scenes over the weekend. And having […]
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Above the New England Landscape: October’s Kaleidoscopic Splendor . . .
 Above Lake Whitingham, Wilmington, Vermont Ⓒ 2013 Michaela Harlow It goes without saying that autumn in New England is simply beautiful. But this year —perhaps because of the abundant rainfall or lack of high winds or delayed frost— is one of the most spectacular foliage seasons that I can remember. The blazing scarlet and brilliant orange […]
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Hello, October . . .
Aster oblongifolium ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ Speckless, blue skies, fiery foliage, brilliant light, colorful gourds and pumpkins, musky woodland walks, sparkling frosts, moody fog banks, starry nights, wood smoke and hot, mulled apple cider; hello October. Your beauty is simply beyond compare . . . Â Tea Viburnum Fruits Shimmer and Shine, Brilliant Orange Against the Buff Tassels […]
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What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?
A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Peers, Curiously at Me, Through a Grassy Meadow There are many things I enjoy about working outdoors, but the opportunity to spot wildlife ranks near the top. Recently, while scoping out the site of a new garden design project, a friend spotted this young red fox (pictured above), peering out […]
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Welcoming Autumn’s Colorful Splendor
Rudbeckia subtomentosa  &  Miscanthus sinensis purpurascens Welcoming the Warmth & Brilliance of Autumn’s Kaleidoscopic Splendor on the First Day of Fall. Let the Technicolor Spectacle Begin!  The Meadow Border Catches Fire to Burn Through the Equinox (Amsonia hubrichtii, Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum), Miscanthus sinensis purpurascens, Rudbeckia subtomentosa, Juniperus pfitzeriana )  Viburnum trilobum, Miscanthus sinensis […]
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