Join me this December for a weekend I’ve been dreaming up all year — my cottage on the hill, dressed in its full Christmas finery, opened up just for you. We’ll wander through some of the loveliest decorated homes on the Mesta Park Holiday Home Tour, spend an afternoon shopping with the wonderfully talented interior designer John Turman, and gather with my most stylish local friends for the kind of conversation that only happens over good food and candlelight. And because this weekend falls on my birthday, you’ll be there to help me celebrate a milestone I never imagined I’d reach — surrounded by new friends who understand, the way you do, that a garden-inspired life is really about the people you share it with. I’m co-hosting this one with my dear friend Kristin Beane Sullivan, former executive editor of Garden Gate, Fine Gardening, and Horticulture — so you know it’s going to be good. Spots are limited, and I’d so love for you to join us.