As I'm sure you know, we are celebrating our gardens this year on ATP!

In a few weeks (3, to be exact), we will be celebrating Winter Interest Week.

I'm looking for a few article to help us celebrate our gardens in winter.
What elements in your garden give interest when everything else dies back? Hard scapes, evergreens, garden art, the list goes on!

So, cozy up with your keyboard and a warm drink and tell me all about winter interest in your garden

We are fortunate to live in a climate where NOT everything dies back! We have stunning flowering trees and shrubs this time of year. I could write something about that? Or is that defeating the purpose of the topic?

Sorry, yes- not the purpose for Winter Interest Week

But jump in with another Week before gardening takes off full force

@evermorelawnless has an ongoing thread largely about winter interest photography:

The thread "The Circle of Life: everything else" in All Things Gardening forum

We should find a way to feature this good content in the upcoming week.

I've come to love my winterscape. There is something Dr Suessish with the dark winterbitten plants and dried out grasses against the white snow. And of course the naked trees.

Some kind of viburnum


freezing rain stuck to Eragrostis


Even the mums look cool. Someone said they look like little hula skirts!


And anaphalis blooms mature to this


And finally I have a red twig dogwood!


Of course Sedum Angelina puts on her show too

@Dutchlady1

Hetty, Yeah, our winter interest here in Florida is still beautiful blooms! I must admit that I do see beauty in the frozen winter gardens of the north too ... but I am glad I live here!

Case in point is @jvdubb Jennifer's beautiful garden shots in her above photos!

dave said:@evermorelawnless has an ongoing thread largely about winter interest photography:

The thread "The Circle of Life: everything else" in All Things Gardening forum

We should find a way to feature this good content in the upcoming week.

Could you create a condensed version with just the post containing photos? Then you could add a lead in paragraph and post as an article.

There you go, Jennifer! You have an article all ready to go in that post! Just put it into article format.

woofie said:There you go, Jennifer! You have an article all ready to go in that post! Just put it into article format.

Really? Ok I can do that.

Yup. I certainly think so, and it appears Lin does, too.

Yes indeed!

w/Lin and Woofie, Jennifer!

I had already approached Asa about an article

Trish, I'll do an article for this.

I'm mulling over an idea. If I can round up enough content it might make it in just under the wire...as usual. The little I have so far is still in my head.

Trish said:I had already approached Asa about an article

@Trish Ok, so I'm confused. Should I put together what I have here plus a bit more or are you saying you've got this covered already?

Thanks Chris and Chelle!

Jennifer- I'd love an article by you as well. I often approach one or two specific people about writing an article, then put out an "all-call" for the remainders. Each day of the celebration week needs an article

Ok, I'll get right on it.

Great- thanks!!

Trish said:I had already approached Asa about an article

I'll work something up this weekend and submit it.

I told Trish that winter was really interesting to me - that whole circle of life thing - but that I was having a hard time coming up with a "thesis"...but I'm getting there.