Lisa Caprioglio and Aldertree Garden were featured in an interview by Michele Norris on NPR's "All Things Considered" April 17, 2008, May 20, 2008 and again on August 20, 2008. Click the tabs above for information on those interviews and links to the audio streams.

Lisa founded Aldertree Garden to share her love of plants and of being outdoors with other people in the Washington, DC area.  Taking time to notice the changing beauty of your garden helps you to remember who you truly are. 

We spend so much of our time indoors, even in windowless rooms, that our gardens become vital to our spiritual well being.  A garden does not have to be fancy: a folding chair next to a pot of flowers becomes a garden when you sit there to drink your morning coffee.  The converse is true as well: the most elaborately designed landscape is merely a yard unless you take time to enjoy it. 

Lisa spent much of her girlhood sitting in the alder tree in her California garden.  Now, when planning gardens, she listens to people to learn how they would like to live in their outdoor space (even if they don’t want to climb trees). 

Aldertree Garden uses gentle landscaping practices such as adding compost to the soil, hand-pulling weeds, avoiding invasive plants and choosing native plants where appropriate.  Aldertree Garden offers garden design, planting service, and ongoing garden care. Contact us now to add more beauty to your life.