FROM THE EHS TEAM

Seasonal observations and project stories from the team at Eastern Horticultural Services.

Nepeta (catmint) in bloom along a stone retaining wall in a Chester County garden, with pink Dianthus in the foreground

August Doesn’t Let Up. Here’s Where to Put the Effort.

Ann Waters on deadheading roses, shearing back catmint, watching for early grub damage in turf and keeping containers watered through Chester County’s August heat.

Pink lactiflora peonies in full bloom along a bluestone border, with Chester County estate grounds and Brandywine Valley hills in the background

May Has Its Own Urgency. Here’s Where to Focus.

May in the Brandywine valley is the month the garden shows you everything it’s capable of. The peonies are coming in, the alliums are standing[…]

Young riders on ponies racing across the grass field at the 2026 Willowdale Steeplechase in Kennett Square Pennsylvania

We were at Willowdale last weekend. We brought a bar.

Not a cooler. A bar. Tiki umbrella, full setup, built right into the back of an EHS truck. Bourbon, mixers, the works. If you were[…]