Hopalong Hollowscaping

       I am obsessed with gardening and creating "garden bones". Really, I am. In the month of June , all other endeavors go to the wayside, I don't paint or illustrate or cut paper or do any needlework  (although I got a good start on a "punch needle" piece on a rainy afternoon); naturally it has a garden theme.

   But when there is no rain and June is bustin' out all over, I  go outside and partake of the magnificence of Mother Nature. My day pretty much goes like this: Rise and wash and make the coffee, dress in grubby garden duds, eat one fresh egg and some fruit, and head out to the porch to gather my tools.

 I may be laying stones, or making wattle fences or planting  or weeding or digging holes and sinking poles. It is a sure thing  that by 6:00 I will be filthy but well pleased  for all I have accomplished. My garden style is a mixture which  I have come to label: Hopalong Hollowscaping. Much of it is a reflection of my books:  life imitating art.

Sometimes, it is visa-verse and my illustrations imitate my gardens.
 

       There is a touch of English cottage, country, old-world rusticity and storybook in my landscape. By using natures gifts of stone and twig, vintage doo-dads , native plants, old-fashioned cottage plants and seeds and an array of charming details anyone can create this garden look.

All you need is an imagination and the desire to do it. So I am recording my bits and pieces on a few videos to introduce you to Hopalong Hollowscaping.

Maybe you will like it too.