Design, Garden, & Travel by Majestic Meadows
Join us for outdoor adventures, as well as useful and inspiring tips to create wonderful spaces inside and outside of your own home
Several of the landscape designers I admire suggest using photographs to gain new insight into your garden. Changing your point of view in the garden will help you identify areas that need varying textures, sizes or shapes. It can help provide insight on ideal locations for seating, what draws your eye and what you might… Continue reading Garden Perspectives
When designing a garden, you'll want to create an appealing space, provide structure, and habitat—just like in nature. The forests around our home are perfect examples of layered gardens, with towering canopy trees, understory trees, shrubs, perennials, and ground cover all working together to support wildlife. By applying these natural layers to your garden, you… Continue reading Three Keys to Landscape Design
Can you believe we've been in the house for just over a year? Jim and I have spent a lot of time in the garden. We've accomplished a lot, including creating a native meadowscape garden around the house and an edible garden. We're still enjoying fresh strawberries, kale, Swiss chard, cucumbers, beets and more. It… Continue reading Lee Ridge Trail
Owning forested property in NW Montana is a dream come true for us. It's also a privilege, which my hubby Jim and I take very seriously. A healthy forest includes managing the trees, plants and animals that belong on this land. Luckily, three organizations, Montana DNRC, US Forest Service and Montana State University's Extension Forestry… Continue reading Forest Stewardship Plan
The garden areas around the house are starting to look pretty good. The driveway garden looks great with blooming peonies, pops of color from the stonecrop, funky flowers on the Rosy Pussytoes and the leaves on the Canada Red Chokecherry are all reddish-purple now. This bed has a lot of interest, and we are really… Continue reading Mountain Meadowscape Update
My hubby, Jim and I found the perfect spot to celebrate our 25th anniversary. Sage Lodge is a wonderful romantic getaway, offering rustic elegance and the exceptional beauty of Paradise Valley, Montana. Located on the banks of the Yellowstone River and just 35 minutes north of Yellowstone National Park, Sage Lodge offers the ultimate Montana… Continue reading Sage Lodge – Romantic Getaway
My hubby, Jim and I agree that winter is pretty spectacular in NW Montana. Especially in Glacier National Park, where the crowds are non-existent. We had a rare, blue-sky day to explore the Rocky Point Trail and it was stunningly beautiful. In today's post, I'll share details of our winter adventure to Rocky Point in… Continue reading Rocky Point – Winter Trail
My hubby, Jim and I had a small edible garden in South Florida, where we grew leaf lettuce, tomatoes, snow peas and peppers. We also had a couple of fruit trees, including a Nam Doc Mai mango we still miss to this day. On our 12.5-acre property in NW Montana we have room to put… Continue reading Edible Garden
Although calendar spring is less than a month away, historically in NW Montana the last frost can occur in early June. It's been an unusually warm winter, including very little snow and it feels a lot like spring already. At least it has rained and hopefully, the snow or rain will continue through June to… Continue reading Meadowscaping with Natives
My husband, Jim and I built our new home in NW Montana with features that are important to us. Our home is not a Spec home, and we are certainly not planning to sell it for a very long time. I think a lot of new home builders or folks embarking on major remodels worry… Continue reading Design for Living verses Selling
