Gardenview Horticultural Park

07/26/2026

A lucky shot of a Swallowtail butterfly taking a break and some refreshments from a giant Cactus Zinnia (Zinnia Elegans) In the great front Sun Patch bed, east of the cottage.

07/22/2026

There are times in the day when some places in Gardenview Horticultural Park can make you feel like you're in a far away place. This part of the park feels like a slice of the Irish Country side. All thats missing is a wolfhound and a pint of Guinness.

07/17/2026

We welcome our next Yoga in the Park in doors. Though smoke should clear more tomorrow having an option to practice in a safe beautiful space, feels right. Sign up through Mindbody and walk ins welcome.

Saturday 7/18 9:30a

07/15/2026

If anyone is interested I'm thinking about doing a late night and keep the park open at GV to watch fireflies.

Want to see more fireflies in your yard? THEN YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK. I’m so irritated by people complaining about not seeing fireflies then telling me all the ways they’re actively preventing fireflies from thriving.

If you’re removing leaves and logs from your yard, you’re destroying habitat for firefly larvae. If you’re mowing your lawn frequently, you’re removing firefly perching sites. If you’re treating the garden for “pests” like snails and slugs, you’re ridding your yard of food for firefly larvae. If you keep that damn security light shining brightly into your (and your neighbor’s) yard, you’re interfering with firefly mating signals.

This is a photo of a firefly pupa. They glow as a warning sign to predators. This stage of life comes just before fireflies become adults. And it takes up to TWO YEARS to get to this point in their life. Fireflies spent 1-2 years as larvae in the soil and leaf litter feeding on soft-bodied bugs, before pupating and emerging as adults.

Many people manage their yards as pristine, weed-free and pest-free monocultures of grass then complain about the lack of fireflies. PUT IN THE WORK to change that. ✨

07/12/2026

The Dahlia bed is starting to pop just west of the cottage.

07/10/2026

This years Dawn Redwood Saplings are just getting started out on life.

07/07/2026

Summer evenings at Gardenview have gotten even more special. A reminder that yoga at GV starts this Thursday✨