Century Oaks Collective

Seed Starting:  Getting an Early Start on Blooms

Seed Starting: Getting an Early Start on Blooms

Before the fields are ready and before the garden fully awakens, there is an in-between season. This is where seed starting lives.  It’s a time of anticipation, where small trays...

Seed Starting: Getting an Early Start on Blooms

Before the fields are ready and before the garden fully awakens, there is an in-between season. This is where seed starting lives.  It’s a time of anticipation, where small trays...

Winter Sowing: Letting Nature Lead

Winter Sowing: Letting Nature Lead

There is something quietly reassuring about stepping back and letting nature take the lead. This year, I tried winter sowing. Inspired and supported by a few Facebook groups, I sourced...

Winter Sowing: Letting Nature Lead

There is something quietly reassuring about stepping back and letting nature take the lead. This year, I tried winter sowing. Inspired and supported by a few Facebook groups, I sourced...

The Understory: Restoring Our Oak Savanna

The Understory: Restoring Our Oak Savanna

This winter, we continue the work of restoring the oak savanna at Century Oaks, clearing invasive brush to help our centuries-old bur oaks breathe again. With every tree we uncover,...

The Understory: Restoring Our Oak Savanna

This winter, we continue the work of restoring the oak savanna at Century Oaks, clearing invasive brush to help our centuries-old bur oaks breathe again. With every tree we uncover,...

Spilling the Tea: A New Offering From an Old Tradition

Spilling the Tea: A New Offering From an Old Tr...

Before there was a tea garden at Century Oaks, there was tea. As a girl, I would run the length of four city lots along the wild edges of Campbell’s...

Spilling the Tea: A New Offering From an Old Tr...

Before there was a tea garden at Century Oaks, there was tea. As a girl, I would run the length of four city lots along the wild edges of Campbell’s...

History meets flowers. Flowers meet golf.

History meets flowers. Flowers meet golf.

There are moments when you stumble across something and think, how did I not know this before?  That’s how I felt when I discovered the story of Fruitland Nurseries. 

History meets flowers. Flowers meet golf.

There are moments when you stumble across something and think, how did I not know this before?  That’s how I felt when I discovered the story of Fruitland Nurseries. 

Digging & Storing Dahlia Tubers

Digging & Storing Dahlia Tubers

There is a certain rhythm to working with dahlias that extends well beyond their blooming season. As the growing season comes to a close, the process begins. Digging, cleaning, dividing,...

Digging & Storing Dahlia Tubers

There is a certain rhythm to working with dahlias that extends well beyond their blooming season. As the growing season comes to a close, the process begins. Digging, cleaning, dividing,...