Stiftsgärtnerei Sandner | St. Florian

Everybody needs a Happy Place… or two. Right? In my case, my Happy Place is definitely my garden at home. Even if it, like any other garden, has it’s unsightly and less well-kept corners (piles of junk behind the hut anyone?), and regularly gives me back pain because the weeds just always grow faster than […]

DIY Flower Arranging – How to make your Peonies last

Believe it or not, but thanks to the cold and dreary weather we had in April, peony season is still going strong!! While the ones in my garden are unfortunately already withered this year (they are a very early variety) you can still get a bunch of peonies almost everywhere. Certainly at your local florist […]

Planting strawberries – How to plus tips and tricks

Say what you will, but homegrown strawberries simply taste best. Period! As soon as the red fruits shine from the beds or pots, my mood rises immediately. Here are a few tips on how to make your strawberry planting a guaranteed success and enjoy a great harvest. What kind of location do strawberries need? Strawberries […]

Modern Cottage garden

I know Covid has thwarted many of the plans we all had last year, and let’s face it this year is still not back to normal yet. For example after a year of almost non-stop travelling in 2019 all those plans for more trips came to a screeching halt last March. And as much as […]

Sunshine in the Flower Bed – Daffodils

Sending you some sunny flowers to brighten up this dreary Monday. Where did the sun go? Personally, I think daffodils are the happiest flowers out there. They add a much-needed dose of color to every early spring garden and even though they look like sunshine, they actually don’t like hot weather but rather thrive in […]

Herb garden 101

I usually don’t sow herbs in spring. Mostly because I find it annoying to sow seeds and then wait days, weeks and months until I even see the slightest hint of green. However this year winter feels so long and never ending – dramatic much? – that I jumped over my own shadow, got myself […]

Spring’s just around the corner

It’s the end of January so even the smallest sign that spring is coming is very much welcomed. So now, that the freezing temps and the remaining snow are slowly but surely disappearing, I got myself some sping blooms from our local gardener and got to work. t’s not much but, at this point even […]