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Stunning
07/09/2025

Stunning

Here are some of the plants mentioned in my article.
07/04/2025

Here are some of the plants mentioned in my article.

My new article is out now. Here's the press release and title photo. I'll be posting more info on DEERSCAPING.KC Fahy ...
07/02/2025

My new article is out now. Here's the press release and title photo. I'll be posting more info on DEERSCAPING.

KC Fahy Harvick, a seasoned landscape designer, shares her expertise in the July/August issue of Life in the Finger Lakes magazine with “Deerscaping – Planting Beautiful Gardens Deer Won’t Eat.” Drawing on her recent work in challenging areas like Durand Eastman Park and Woodcliff, KC introduces Deerscaping—a thoughtful approach featuring proven deer-proof plant lists for stunning, resilient gardens.
Visit lifeinthefingerlakes.com to view or subscribe

In the ‘soupy’ garden air this morning. The birds really love the falls in this heat.
06/24/2025

In the ‘soupy’ garden air this morning. The birds really love the falls in this heat.

Playing with my new phone camera in the garden. Great fun!
06/15/2025

Playing with my new phone camera in the garden. Great fun!

This is my hardy kiwi vine. The blue clematis is undaunted and peeks through. The last two photos are my jack-in-the-pul...
06/02/2025

This is my hardy kiwi vine. The blue clematis is undaunted and peeks through. The last two photos are my jack-in-the-pulpit who started in a pot on my porch, fell out on to the ground and hides under the vine now.

The final stage of the Hellebore progression. They last forever in a cut flower arrangement, and then dry perfectly.
05/31/2025

The final stage of the Hellebore progression. They last forever in a cut flower arrangement, and then dry perfectly.

Amsonia tabernaemontana. A favorite shade plant of mine. The unusual flowers make really cool pods for dried arrangement...
05/30/2025

Amsonia tabernaemontana. A favorite shade plant of mine. The unusual flowers make really cool pods for dried arrangements. I spray paint them (of course)

Then and now…..
05/30/2025

Then and now…..

When teaching garden design, I always say to start with your view from the kitchen window. This is mine this morning and...
05/30/2025

When teaching garden design, I always say to start with your view from the kitchen window. This is mine this morning and it starts my day with a real LIFT OF THE HEART💚

Wonderful!!
05/22/2025

Wonderful!!

This summer, the New York Botanical Garden invites New Yorkers to step into the world of Vincent van Gogh—not through a frame on a museum wall, but through fields of sunflowers, sweeping bursts of color and sculptural still lifes that bloom around you.

Van Gogh’s Flowers, on view from May 24 through October 26, transforms the Garden’s 250 acres into a kaleidoscopic celebration of the artist’s lifelong obsession with nature.

Learn more: https://timeoutnewyork.visitlink.me/x05ogK

My foster family on my front porch. When I walk past the window inside they think I have worms for them and pop up. Do t...
05/17/2025

My foster family on my front porch. When I walk past the window inside they think I have worms for them and pop up. Do they have radar? Or motion detectors?

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