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
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 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
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
If you're looking for adventure without the crowds, visiting national parks in the winter is a safe bet. We are well into winter in NW Montana, and the upper elevations have received a good amount of snow already. We're hoping the lower elevations catch up soon. In today's post, I share our day exploring Johns… Continue reading Glacier – Johns Lake Loop Trail
Once the house was finished, we were able to get a few plants in the ground near the house before winter. Most of them are native pollinator perennials, which should take root and grow a little next summer. In addition, we added native bunchgrass and wildflower seeds around the house and a large area to… Continue reading Garden Spaces
Every day, since we've moved to NW Montana from Jupiter, Florida we've enjoyed a sense of awe about living in this wild, beautiful place. As many of you know, we've been dreaming about living here for 20 years, and thanks to some hard work, smart savings and lucky real estate timing, we are thrilled to… Continue reading Apgar Lookout – Glacier
My husband, Jim and I love to explore beautiful places in the U.S. and around the world. We've walked trails in the Grand Canyon, Tetons, North Cascades, and many others in the lower 48. We've also explored the mountains in Northern Italy, France, and Switzerland, which reminds me a lot of Montana. We love the… Continue reading Why Montana? – Majestic Meadows
