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  • summer perennials for the south
    Design

    Peak-Season Perennials for the South

    While we would all ideally have gardens that look at their peak in every season, the reality is often far from that ideal. Very few of us have all the…

  • native meadow plants
    Design

    Native Meadow Plants for Pollinators in the South

    As pollinators disappear at alarming rates, maybe it’s time to set aside a little meadow in every yard—an area of space where native flowering plants and grasses can thrive and…

  • close up of container planting with bright pink begonias
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    Laurel’s Gardens at a Vineyard

    Today on the GPOD we’ve got photos from Laurel Prothro, gardener at Arrington Vineyards in Nashville, Tennessee. We just went through an exhausting reset of the hardscape, removing masses of…

  • growing kiwi
    How-To

    Tips for Growing Kiwi in the South

    Did you know you can grow your own kiwi pretty easily in our part of the South? Kiwi plants can be slow to get started but are generally long-lived vines.…

  • bright red tulips and pink phlox planted at the edge of a retaining wall
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    Sue’s Front Garden

    Today we’re checking in with Sue in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where spring has arrived. It is just the beginning of all the blooms, but after the cold and gray and brown…

  • spring plants and bulbs on both sides of a brick path
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    Dodie’s Alabama Garden

    My name is Dodie. I’ve been gardening in northern Alabama for 15 years. Our urban property is in a historic neighborhood in Decatur. It had a wonderful backbone of plantings…

  • close up of a row of raised garden beds
    Design

    Making an Organic Community Garden in Arkansas

    Today we’re visiting with Mary Maud Huber. Fourteen years ago when we moved to Fairfield Bay in north-central Arkansas, I wanted a plot in the Community Garden. The town is…

  • shrubs for shade in the south
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    Shade-Loving Shrubs for the South

    Finding interesting plants for shade can be a struggle, but when you add in the desire for that plant to be a woody shrub, the list narrows even more. But…

  • southern native plants
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    Southern Native Plants That Can Work in Almost Any Garden

    The South has much more to offer the rest of the country than the culinary delights of barbecue pork, pimento cheese, and fried green tomatoes. Strolling through woodlands of the…

  • Sweet box with discolored foliage
    How-To

    How to Protect and Revive Plants After an Unexpected Freeze

    The 2022 holiday season in the South and southeastern United States blew in with a winter storm that will not soon be forgotten. Our region missed much of the snowfall…