“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.”

~ Liberty Hyde Bailey (American horticulturalist; 1858-1954)

When spring arrives, will the rush of garden tasks overwhelm you? We invite you to consider consider a garden maintenance contract with us, so that your plants thrive with regular check ups and care throughout the year from our team of skilled plant care professionals.

Shared by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife

In a garden, winter is anything but boring! Whether there is a lot of snow, a dusting of snow, or no snow at all, there is always something to discover!

What are you discovering in your winter garden this year, maybe for the first time?

This year, for the first time, I am seeing what appear to be whole families of Bluebirds at the feeder! Several years ago, my husband brought home a Bluebird feeder and filled it with dead worms (yes, really!). At the beginning, I would occasionally see one or two on or in the feeder during the warmer months of the year. Now, only a year or two later, I often look out of my office window on a cold but sunny winter day and see five or six fluttering around, fussing to get inside the feeder! What a joy!

Joyfully shared by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& winter Bluebird host!)

“A garden is half-made when it is well planned. The best gardener is the one who does the most gardening by the winter fire.”

~ Liberty Hyde Bailey American horticulturalist and reformer; 1858 – 1954)

While a swimming pool garden like the one pictured below cannot, of course, be installed in winter in our climate, it can be dreamt about and planned in winter. In fact, we recommend it! If the planning stage is well underway in the winter, groundbreaking for the project can begin when the soil and garden installers are ready and the chances for enjoying the garden in summer with family and friends increase. Call us if you have been dreaming of a summer garden this winter and want to get started! We can dream by the fire with you . . . . and face unafraid the plans that we make together.

Contributed by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& fireside garden dreamer)

One appealing aspect of garden building in a four-season climate is the opportunity to incorporate elements of year ’round beauty (such as boulders and evergreens) with plantings that display seasonal highlights (flowering Cherries and Japanese Maples, for example).

The skilled designers and craftsmen at Hanselman Landscape create exterior “garden rooms” that account not only for the enjoyment of their clients, but also for the investment they are making in their gardens. Because HL gardens are planned to be gorgeous and interesting all twelve months of the year, their clients are getting a beautiful, heartening ROI!

This backyard garden in rural Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, displays beauty and interest in all four seasons of the year. If you are drawn to the idea of beautiful views from your windows in all seasons, please call us at 717-653-1273. Our designers and craftsmen would value the opportunity to bring joy to your garden 365 days of the year!

Shared by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& year ’round garden investor)

In memory of Pat, our dear friend, mentor, and first client, we gifted Amaryllis bulbs this Christmas. Pat especially liked red flowers. Brilliant, Cardinal-red Amaryllis blooms seemed a beautiful way to honor him.

It truly has been a delight to watch the shoots and then the flowers appear in blazing color on my window sill, against the rather colorless winter background outside. And all with no help from me, other than placement in a sunny location!

Aren’t plants wonderful, in all of their amazing varieties, colors, and textures?

Joyfully shared by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& happy Amaryllis owner!)

While we don’t sell Amaryllis bulbs, perhaps we can plant some vibrant color in your garden this year. Interested? Please give us a call–we specialize in bringing joy to gardens (and their owners) all across south-central Pennsylvania, and beyond.

“There’s just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you’re special.”

~ Carol Rifka Brunt (contemporary American novelist; 1970-)

And walking on snow through a snow-clad grove of Pines strengthens the belief . . . !

Shared by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& snow-walk participant)