A Craftsman home celebrates natural materials, often showcasing unpainted oak or mahogany built-ins and stained-glass windows featuring organic plant motifs. This reverence for nature extends seamlessly into the surrounding landscape, where the garden functions as an extension of the home through terraces, sleeping porches, and welcoming front entries. Unlike the rigid bedding plant schemes of Victorian gardens, Arts and Crafts landscapes embrace nature rather than controlling it. The result is a landscape defined by intimacy, authenticity, and quiet harmony.

I love tea-stained plants with muted, antique undertones of caramel, mauve, and bronze. They remind me of old books and big floral dresses.  But because of their unusual fall undertones, these plants aren't everyone’s cup of tea. They can be difficult to envision in a traditional garden.

Embracing an analog lifestyle through gardening is a way to reclaim that connection. Living Analog is less about the romance of simpler times and more about creating simplicity and the soul-deep satisfaction of reconnecting with nature instead of being chained to a screen.

The true story of a horticulturist turned novice writer who attempts to write a gardening book with the help of a cat turned copy editor..

In a monochromatic palette, the visual noise of the world begins to fall away. When competing colors are removed, the mind is given permission to slow down. The garden feels lighter, as though its boundaries have quietly expanded beyond their physical limits. The experience becomes less about individual flowers and more about the quality of the air, the movement of foliage, and a deliberate choice to value mood over display.