Lisa Moore

An entire day of steady spring rain left my garden so happy and a delight to behold.  The front garden has been in the ground for about five years now and is really beginning to look as I had imagined.  We did not install the garden immediately upon moving into the house, as I needed to think about it for a year or two before ...

We had the most spectacular meal last night.  I'm not bragging about my culinary expertise, it just that time of year that we get the most beautiful ingredients and it's impossible to make something less than fabulous unless you fiddle with it too much.  I know that unless you are fortunate enough to live on the coast that ...

Live oaks are practically worshiped here in Savannah.  My street is lined on either side with twisted, old live oaks dripping with Spanish moss. In the summer, our front yard is the preferred spot during the hot days, as the oaks shade and cool, and the movement of the Spanish moss can fool you into thinking there really is a ...

My family has a collective obsession with houses.  Sydney, age 8, enjoys looking at the houses we drive by and imagines the improvements she would make were the home hers.  John, makes a living renovating and restoring homes and I sell homes.  Yesterday, I listed a magnificent historic home that has decayed for many,many ...

Spring has finally arrived here in Savannah, and I am busy planning and implementing my new landscape.  Last weekend we removed massive indica azaleas, tons of walking iris (which was garbage picked), and other assorted mess.  The actual plan is beginning to take shape and we have laid out the basic plan with stakes and acid green ...