flowers

Most can agree that Bozeman is stunning this time of year with lilac bushes blooming like crazy. Their scent fills the afternoon air unlike any other plant. If you've got lilacs, consider making your own (super easy) oil from just two ingredients!

What's been the most successful (or just the prettiest) thing you've grown this season?

As I've discussed many times, gardening is therapy for me. With no training, classes or skill my only desire each day is to come home and look at my flowers. Whatever is blooming and it doesn't matter what kind.

It's no secret that I'm a sucker for flowers. Not much into chocolate, not impressed by foo-foo jewelry but FLOWERS somehow melt my heart. From a friend, my dad, a dude...doesn't matter.

Being flower girl can be tough. You have a very important job, everyone's looking at you, and you're probably only a few years old.

Everybody in Bozeman knows it, but NOBODY seems to adhere to it....the June 1st "OK" date to plant stuff outside. I'm just as guilty as anyone because after a long Bozeman winter, I need color on my front porch.

We all know that Spring doesn't last very long around here, regardless of how long it lasts on the calendar. Could be beautiful....could be a blizzard. Who knows.

William Terry has fought the battle of the abode since last winter when city officials sent him a citation for his toilet-turned-flower-pot and asked him to remove it promptly. Disgruntled, Terry argued that he was merely recycling an otherwise useless object and went around town taking pictures of other unsightly planters he'd noticed. The judge ruled in Terry's favor since the city code definiti