Nellie Simmmons

A resolution for 2011 was to learn more and share more, and a blog seemed a good structure to monitor my progress! Born and raised in the Hudson Valley with two avid gardening parents and now gardening in Connecticut on 2 acres. Bliss! Mother, wife and daughter and owner of Continue Reading

Advertisements Giving thanks for time is a play with words that suits me this year. This month I gave thanks for the time I have been able to spend with my Mother. She turned 90 this month and that momentous occasion gave me pause. I reviewed old photos and scanned Continue Reading

Advertisements Hello and happy summer days! I recently took time away from the garden, and most especially the dahlias (greedy plants), to have a hair cut downtown. Because of a nasty thunderstorm that cropped up, as they do along the coast of Georgia in the heat of the summer, I Continue Reading

Advertisements June brings summer weddings, and when all goes well year after year, it brings anniversary celebrations. I feel blessed to have made it to this one , happily, and look forward to more. To celebrate we took a boat ride with friends to Wassaw Island, a barrier Island that Continue Reading

Advertisements The heat has started to settle in Savannah, so we decided to make a trip for an activity that is guaranteed air conditioned.shopping. There is so much to love about Savannah, but the shopping experience is not one of the top ten reasons to visit. They are working on Continue Reading

Advertisements One of the first activities I volunteered for in Savannah was helping out at a place called Sparrow Field where a small group of gardeners, funded by Skidaway Audubon and other altruistic organizations, created a beautiful garden on a berm that separated a golf green from a beautiful wild Continue Reading

Advertisements Last week we travelled North. As a GCA Horticulture Judge I am required to attend a yearly workshop to brush up on the latest tweaks to the rules, and to share ideas and insights with other Judges. Coinciding with perfect timing was an opportunity to judge stone troughs in Continue Reading

Advertisements Blogs should be of the moment. A quick look, not a well researched and deep lookthough sometimes it happens to look that waynot so much here on Weed Street. But as I am cleaning up my photo files, I wanted to share this event, now History. Blooms last but Continue Reading

Blogs should be of the moment. A quick look, not a well researched and deep lookthough sometimes it happens to look that waynot so much here on Weed Street. But as I am cleaning up my photo files, I wanted to share this event, now History. Blooms last but a Continue Reading

Advertisements Living on an Island in the South is bliss. Imagine a beautiful home like this, overlooking a river that runs to the sea.but! there are no restaurants on the Island. Well, one pub and a few country club dining rooms. No complaints, but maybe you are feeling the need Continue Reading