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VISIT PRIVATE GARDENS and HIDDEN GEMS – April/May, 2025

Support the preservation of notable gardens from coast to coast. WHO: The Garden ConservancyWHAT: The Garden Conservancy Open DaysWHERE: Anne Arundel County, MarylandWHEN: Saturday, May 31, 10am-4pmHOW: Ticket release date March  2025 purchase through the Garden Conservancy website: opendays@gardenconservancy.org, $10 non-member, $5 member Open for visiting May 31, 2025 are two special gardens located just […]

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Nancy & Pierre

The Garden Question Podcast w/ Craig McManus – March 2023

Inspiring Your Garden Soul In this episode, we talk with Nancy & Pierre Moitrier about how they approach garden creation as a wife and husband team. Why inspiring your garden soul is important to them as they design and build an outdoor space. Bringing life to your garden by harvesting natural materials to build one-of-a-kind whimsical structures […]

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Leesburg Lifestyle – March 2023

From the Ancient to the Mundane – Found art from France adds magic to your garden Read the Full Article

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Garden Tips

Arbor Friends – Friends of the National Arboretum

A collection of articles by Nancy & Pierre in Arbor Friends A publication of the Friends of the National Arboretum. Fall, 2022 – Honey, I Shrunk the Lawn! Summer, 2022 – Up, Down, All Around Winter, 2022 – Early Spring Garden Tips Fall, 2021 – Paving Design & Construction 101 Summer, 2021 – Wise Watering […]

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Country Gardens – Spring, 2020

Two garden designers bring joie de vivre, vibrant hues, and French flair to their spring garden in Annapolis, MD. Read the Full Article

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Potted Tree

Washington Post – Nov. 8, 2018

The houseplants are back inside, the pots of annuals have been emptied and the containers won’t be replanted until the spring. But in this rush to lay bare the winter garden, we may be missing an enormous opportunity. Any garden, big or small, can be transformed by the presence of a hardy tree grown in […]

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Capital Gazette – June 16, 2018

When stormwater races across a lawn, “We call it ‘green concrete’ because water will sheet across a sloping lawn,” said Stringfellow. Pierre and Nancy Motrier, owners of Designs for Greener Gardens, use up-to-date and ecologically friendly horticultural practices to cultivate the garden of their clients’ dreams. Over the years in their community, and elsewhere in […]

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Roses

Washington Post – June 14, 2018

The essential consideration when growing ramblers is to make sure the structure they are growing on is strong and large enough for the task. “You see people with wimpy trellises or arches, and the next thing you know you’re having to dodge the roses,” said Nancy Moitrier, a gardener and landscape designer from Annapolis. “It’s terrible […]

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Washington Post – Sept. 27, 2017

There are yards and then there are gardens. This is the difference. If you want a garden rather than a yard, you have to invest yourself in it. It’s fine (and usually necessary) to enlist the help of pros, but it’s your long-term cultivation of plants and the knowledge that grows with them that are […]

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Shore Home & Garden Magazine – July, 2017

French Follies For The Garden Pierre has created other pieces of what they call “French Follies.” These whimsical creations are one-of-a-kind structures of rustic patios, walkways, walls, fences, gates, bridges, trellises and pergolas. The ultimate goal of a folly is to provide delight. Read the Full Article

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