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Lynda Young Bateman, BA Eng, MA Journalism, Lynda is a published writer and blogger online and in many publications. Lynda is an accomplished floral and event designer and has lived and worked in Ireland and Australia and currently resides with her family in Orange County.

Summer Outdoor Living by Lynda

A View from the Garden Rooms … Outdoor Living. Summer is officially here! Gone are the short, cold days of Winter. Hurrah!!   Make room for warmer, longer, slower, breezy, easy afternoons of Summer… sit in your comfy chair in your respective garden, deck, pool, gazeboe and/or patio with family and friends, sipping [...]

2020-09-02T12:22:22-07:00By |Patio|0 Comments

6 Christmas Entertaining Tips for a Beautiful Holiday Season

Is your house ready for the holidays?  Mine either. That’s where Rogers Gardens comes in. We are busier than the elves in Santa’s Workshop on Christmas Eve, filling our shelves with the most unique, delightfully delicious, sparkly, festive and Christmassy home décor and gifty-gifts for your friends and family.  But don’t forget the most [...]

Autumn in the Garden Rooms • Inspiring Fall Décor

No season makes me feel like I want to be at home like Fall. I grew up under a harvest moon over a Pennsylvania cornfield where winter often peeked into October, blowing a soft frost across our mornings and a chilly mist into the night. We walked brisk and quick back to our homes, [...]

The Wonder of Christmas – Behind the Scenes

Even though it’s early October and you haven’t even started stocking up on your Halloween candy, the creative design team at Roger’s Gardens have been busy little elves. The Gallery transformation is now almost complete.. just a few more magical touches before the doors swing open welcoming one and all! [...]

Fall is for Planting – Planting Color for the Cooler Season

Most people don’t realize spring isn’t the only season we need to think about planting.  Great gardeners know that early autumn is just as important to get back into your garden as the Spring months to keep the bounties of color going all year long on your patio, plant containers and in your garden. [...]

My Favorite Fare from the Gourmet Food Corner

Food glorious food! Summer is an unbeatable time of year for entertaining; outdoor barbeques or just kicking it on your own patio with a pal. If you are anything like me, when it comes to food I’m a sucker for the best… A mug for the specialty snack… a pushover for the locally grown [...]

2018-10-24T11:00:36-07:00By |Food|0 Comments

Designer Indoor Plants & Specimens by Lynda

Let’s Get Our Green On… We always have a lot going on in the Garden Rooms. From Silk Design to Homewares, Patio and Indoor and Fresh Florals, Roger’s Gardens tirelessly looks for the best and Indoor Specimen Plants are no exception to the rule. An Indoor Plant can mean many different things to [...]

A Few Of My Favorite Things for Mother’s Day by Lynda Young

A view from the Garden Rooms around Mother's Day. I’ve been a florist for a long time so take my word for it… Mother’s Day is THE DAY on the gift-giving calendar. Not only do we honor our own moms, it’s the day we show how much we love our Sisters, Aunts, Grandmothers, [...]