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  • Vestal Wood Anemone
    Design

    Plants for the Northeast to Add to Your Shopping List

    Whether you're walking through your local garden center, flipping through the pages of your favorite catalog, or scrolling the website of an online retailer, the sheer number of plant choices…

  • pond at Coastal Maine Botanical Garden
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    GPOD on the Road: Coastal Maine Botanical Garden

    Today Julie Hustvet is taking us along on a visit to one of the premiere botanical gardens in New England. I took a trip out to Maine last fall (September…

  • a gravel path in the garden with lots of plants on all sides
    Design

    Mel’s Rustic Cabin Garden

    Today we're visiting Mel's garden. I have had a landscape design, installation, and maintenance business in the western Catskills since 2005. My business name is Zone4 Landscapes, and I am…

  • a large group of containers full of colorful foliage plants
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    GPOD on the Road: Buffalo Garden Walk

    Today Barb Mrgich is taking us along on a walking tour of gardens. A couple years ago, a friend and I took a bus trip to visit the Buffalo Garden…

  • perennial seedlings
    Design

    Five Perennials That Are Easy to Grow From Seed

    The reasons one should start perennials from seed are many. The most obvious one is the cost savings. Many gardeners focus on seed-starting annuals and vegetables because they think those…

  • succulents in a small container
    Design

    Betsy’s Townhouse Garden

    Today’s photos are from Betsy Thompson in East Greenbush, New York, in Zone 5. We’ve visited Betsy’s garden before (Betsy's Garden in New York). Betsy lives in a townhouse and…

  • Virginia bluebells
    Design

    Anticipating Spring in New Hampshire

    Today we’re in Jayne Spaulding’s garden, looking forward to spring. This is my Zone 5 garden in spring, my favorite season. In New Hampshire, spring is short-lived, muddy, windy, and…

  • How-To

    March Garden To-Do List for the Northeast

    When February ends and March begins, we winter-weary Northeasterners suffer from Farch (February–March), which consists of a continuation of inconsistent weather and monochrome colors. But let’s not knock March. The…

  • artichokes
    How-To

    Growing Artichokes in the Northeast

    The artichoke that is cultivated as a vegetable is a variety of cardoon (Cynara cardunculus, Zones 7–10), or artichoke thistle, a thistle-type perennial in the sunflower family that’s native to…

  • red gooseberries
    How-To

    Growing Currants and Gooseberries in the Northeast

    Soft fruits like currants and gooseberries (which are related, as they are both within the genus Ribes) are often overlooked fruits for Northeastern gardens. These are very hardy fruits (some…