I’m thrilled to announce my next tour is to explore Poland for 12 days from June 18-29, 2026.
We’ll visit Warsaw, Malbork Castle, Kraków, Jasna Góra Monastery, Black Madonna, Saxon Garden and the Botanical Garden at the University of Warsaw, Poland’s countryside, the Botanical Garden of Jagiellonian University with the largest orchid collection in Poland and 23 acres of beautiful plantings, Auschwitz and much more.

It was great to talk with Keith Kaiser, executive director for the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden on the radio show. This is the fourth year for Dazzling Nights, an amazing, interactive show that visitors walk through.
It’s something everyone should see, every season it blows me away.

Don't rake those leaves, they can help the garden.

Every year I drive a couple miles down the road to visit Amy Krut's dahlia garden. Her entire front yard on three sides of the house is filled with 250 different varieties of dahlias. It's so much fun to explore gardening obsessions like Amy's.

It’s easy for gardeners to let the fall season slip away after toiling in the garden all summer, especially with all the watering required during this dry season. They need a break, nothing wrong with that, but the excitement of spring gardening is only rivalled by the thrill of fall planting, for those who partake.

We had fun on Pittsburgh Today Live talking about fall planting. This is the best time to plant perennials and shrubs. I show off my favorite, tough plants to put in the ground now.