A variety of palms and flowering plants provide a tropical backdrop to Jenni and Tom Hudgins’ backyard pool. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Starting over
‘Something to cling to’
Air plants at Jimbo’s Nursery in Santa Fe are displayed in shells found on the beach and from a souvenir shop. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Santa Fe nursery uses beach shells, driftwood to grow plants
A Gulf Coast garden
Galveston County Master Gardeners Mary Gonzalez, right, and Stewart McAdoo, are greenhouse team leaders. The Master Gardeners’ greenhouse is where a variety of herbs are grown for the group’s bi-annual plant sale. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Growing flavorful herbs is all in the planning
Par for the course
The beautifully landscaped backyard of Charryl and Dr. Brian Wong’s League City home features a pool complete with fountains and a waterslide as well as ample seating space for numerous guests. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Golfers stop to admire this League City backyard
It isn’t unusual for golfers to stop near the eighth hole on the Magnolia Creek Golf course in League City to admire the view. [Read more…]
A quiet hideaway
Daryl and Jenise Ehrlich sit on a tree swing in the backyard of their League City home. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
In a fast-growing city, couple creates peaceful backyard retreat
League City might be growing by leaps and bounds, but there still are some hidden pockets of land where oak trees stand tall and backyard pastoral meadows exist. [Read more…]
Call of the wild
Lana and Al Barber stand on their patio in front of their backyard garden in San Leon. The Barbers enjoy the chaos of their plants and being surrounded by green. Photo by Kelsey Walling
A San Leon yard beckons a traveling couple home
After 42 years of marriage and living in various places across the United States, Lana and Al Barber have finally settled into their forever home they bought eight months ago in San Leon.
It wasn’t so much the house that drew them to this particular area, but the yard, and the yards surrounding theirs, they said. [Read more…]
A perennial paradise
Stacey Phillips and Paul Drott enjoy spending time in their Friendswood garden. Photo by Kelsey Walling
With her work cut out for her, a Friendswood gardener transforms a backyard
‘An accidental garden’
The trail winding through the backyard allows guests to take a walk through all the plants. Photo by Kelsey Walling
Friendswood couple finds common ground redesigning property
In 2013, David Stein and Tina Mortellaro decided to completely redesign both front, back and side yards of their Friendswood property. And they haven’t stopped. [Read more…]
‘She brought beauty’
Mitzy Mills-Barringer and her dog, Tezy, are fixtures on the grounds of The Bryan Museum in Galveston where Mills-Barringer is the resident horticulturist. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
A horticulturist transforms the long-neglected grounds of a former Galveston orphanage
It’s great if you love your job. And it’s even better if you love where you live. Consider Mitzy Mills-Barringer incredibly lucky — she has both. [Read more…]
Pyramid dream
Island horticulturist blooms in job tending to a rainforest
Managing 2,000 different species of plants in a 40,000-square-foot garden sounds like a full-time job — because it is. Just ask Donita Brannon, horticultural exhibits manager at the Rainforest Pyramid at Moody Gardens. [Read more…]
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