Viridissima Horticulture and Design

03/04/2026

03/03/2026

Spring has officially arrived in the greenhouse.

02/06/2024

Viridissima Newsletter January 2024 - https://mailchi.mp/fe26f7d6eb18/viridissima-july-2023-newsletter-6224814 Hello, Dear Viridissima Community, At the time of my writing this, we are in the greater or major cold ...

Hello, Dear Viridissima Community, At the time of my writing this, we are in the greater or major cold (daikan) section of the Japanese microseasons. This season straddles the microseasons Butterburs bud (fuki no hana saku), and ice thickens on streams (sawamizu kōri tsumeru). Apt indeed! The bitte...

10/02/2023

Viridissima Newsletter September 2023 -

I’m writing this in the heart of September, the month that straddles summer and autumn. September is always busy, a transitional month, the month of projects. It's a great month for transplanting perennials and many woodies. For building a new garden. It's the time of year when I stop denying brow...

08/23/2023

We’ve got a featured post as Guest Rant on Gardenrant.com :

https://gardenrant.com/2023/08/garden-waste-isnt-waste-at-all.html

Gaura spicing up some containers while the dead branches from pruning a Contorted Hazel give this arrangement form, dynamism, and appeal. Guest Rant by Jenna O'Brien I found a pile of weeds on my land recently. Some gardener had done some work at a nearby

07/12/2023

Viridissima July 2023 Newsletter -

Our last newsletter/blog post was for March…while here we are still doing what we do, so much has happened between now and then. Like the weather, the gardening season has gone from drought to deluge. The season started at the beginning of April. That’s when we started cutting back whatever was ...

04/03/2023

Viridissima March 2023 Newsletter -

Here's what's happening on the Japanese calendar of microseasons throughout March: Clearly Japan's seasons are a bit ahead of ours, but this glimpse will prove familiar: Grass sprouts, trees bud (March 1st -5 th);  Hibernaing insects surface (March 6th - March 10th); First peach blossoms (March 11t...

02/27/2023

Viridissima February 2023 Newsletter -

What's happening on the Japanese calendar of microseasons in February: East wind melts the ice; bush warblers start singing in the mountains; fish emerge from the ice; rain moistens the soil; mist starts to linger.  ... read more

01/30/2023

Viridissima January 2023 Newsletter -

Last month the blog featured the Japanese calendar of microseasons. I found this consideration of the land week by week very inspiring and grounding. I thought it would be delightful to start each blog post with a list of the month’s microseasons, which read like a poem  ... read more