Thanks for stopping by my internet garden home. My name is Scott and I was born in San Francisco in the 60's.  It was an interesting time and place to grow up, full of life and rich in diversity.

My 1st Horticulture degree was earned from City College of San Francisco in the 80's while I worked weekends and nights in a nursery at Fisherman's Wharf.

In 1991 I started Masterpiece Gardening (now Restored in Beauty) in Woodbury, Connecticut, a very special place. Winters, I often returned to SF to garden and a vision eventually bloomed to create gardens combining my newer East Coast skills with existing Western gardening knowledge.  I moved back to SF in 2003 and Masterpiece Gardening, of course, followed me. 

In CT I worked directly with and managed gardens of some legendary characters such as singer James Taylor, Arthur Miller, Richard Widmark, Walter Matthau, scupltor Alexander Calder (his estate on the original property with his barn workshop entact and giant mobiles here and there), Stephen Sondheim, Dianne Sawyer and Mike Nichols etc. in historical, postcard worthy towns such as Roxbury, Bridgewater, Washington and Kent.

I penned and published The Purple Rose Newsletter monthly for a few years, serving my Ct community as a voice for organic gardening. 

 Mixing styles: First of all, I plant as many natives and deer tolerant plants as possible and cast unusual, colorful seeds.

I often combine Asian gardening ideas of raised beds placing plants w rocks along with colorful perennial choices in combination, as we see in New England gardens.

Plant combinations that work well together to create a scene and properly chosen for the conditions and matching surroundings are the main ingredients to great gardens. Most beds should have a centerpiece tree, some flowering bushes on either side, flowering perennials throughout and hopefully some fitting groundcover as well.

In a nutshell, I create colorful wildlife habitats that host-feed many birds, butterflies and harmless honey bees which often bloom year round.

I also plant unusual combinations in containers and flower boxes which can fill a small space or patio with various colors, forms, combinations.

Missoula-Garden City is a perfect community and natural space to now offer my gardening service on a regular basis. I love it here, the seasons, wonderful people and exciting new plant choices. Let's get you some more color, invite the birds and butterflies with more spots to visit and make some magic!!

If any of my past clients from CT and SF are peeking into this website THANK YOU for making Masterpiece Gardening-Restored in Beauty what it is today! I miss you ALL!! I hope all is growing well. I look forward to hearing from some of you, seeing how the garden is growing. Feel free to visit anytime, our journey is not over just because I am in Montana.. the garden still grows, after all.. This site will change constantly just like our gardens.