• Her business offers plant maintenance, styling and more.

Here are Meyers' tips for creating a similar vibe at home.

🌱 Although annuals deliver quick color, perennials pay off over time, she tells Axios.

• The plants follow a three-year growth pattern known as "sleep, creep, leap."

☀️ Be realistic about your space and habits, Meyers says.

• Planting something that "likes moisture" and needs "full sun" (eight hours daily) in the shade — and leaving it alone all summer while you travel — "is a recipe for deep-fried plants."

⏳ Be patient. "The fun of gardening is just trying, failing — yes, failing — and learning."

Go deeper: For more D.C. garden inspo, explore Dumbarton Oaks or take a guided tour of Hillwood Estate.