Summer Rayne Oakes

When the garden beds are resting, container gardening keeps the joy of planting alive. In a recent video on her…

Fall always feels like the quickest season in the garden, and in her final autumn tour at Flock Finger Lakes,…

When the mornings turn chilly and frost threatens, it’s time to bring your non-cold-hardy plants indoors. In this video, Summer…

Watch as Summer Rayne Oakes @flockfingerlakes tours a small, shrub-forward garden that’s brimming with enthusiasm—thanks to a few “thuggish” growers…

Hydrangeas have a way of stopping gardeners in their tracks—those full, dreamy blooms that shift from creamy whites to rosy…

Summer Rayne Oakes of Flock Finger Lakes turns three massive terracotta planters—rescued from a second-hand store —into statement containers for…

Summer Rayne Oakes of Flock Finger Lakes is back in her gazebo garden, where she refreshed her raised beds with…

Watch Summer Rayne Oakes of Flock Finger Lakes dig into one of the summer’s easiest and most rewarding perennials—daylilies! She…

Spring is stirring in the Finger Lakes, and Summer Rayne Oakes of  Flock Finger Lakes is already deep into her…

Camassia, a native North American bulb, is a stunning spring bloomer that thrives in USDA hardiness zones 3-8. Often underutilized…

Join Summer Rayne Oakes from Flock Finger Lakes as she works to create a diverse garden by blending a variety…

Join Summer Rayne Oakes as she creates a stunning Tillandsia display for her garden. Summer uses Espoma Organic Indoor! to…