BLAKBIRD GARDENS

Serving the East End of Pittsburgh. New tings for spring 🌷🌱

This walk was truly part of my rebirth.

Love these antiqued metallic planters at Anthropologie.

I’m so glad I got to see these poppies blooming in my neighborhood community garden. Sadly, they don’t last long but they’re definitely worth it.

These are some photos from my first freelance project after my horticulture program. This garden is extremely rocky and has a ton of Japanese Knotweed on a traditional Pittsburgh slope. I’m trying to create a visual partition between the Knotweed jungle and the garden below. The Smokebush and Red-Stemmed Dogwood shrubs should be a nice contrast against the foliage on the slope.

This is one of my new favorite native plants, It’s a great alternative to ivy and other non-native ground covers that can become invasive. I got to know this plant very well during my externship, it was one of may favorites in shade garden I took care of. This ginger is ideal in woodland or shady gardens. It's pictured here living among ferns, hostas, and Lily of the Valley. The flower is exotic and fun to look for, reminds me of an orchid, Also, the leaves are lightly pubescent(fuzzy) and adorable.