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  • Compact blue Eastern red cedar
    Design

    Icy Blue Conifers for the Southeast

    Interest in growing conifers in the Southeast continues to be on the rise. Every year we learn more about which species and cultivars grow best in our region. One of…

  • woman and child in a green garden
    Design

    Kindig Gardens, Part 2

    We're back for a second day in Dean and Pam Kindig's beautiful garden in Rochester, New York. My newly created stone path leads past the white ‘Annabelle’ hydrangea to the…

  • annabelle smooth hydrangea
    Design

    Kindig Gardens, Part 1

    Today we're visiting Dean and Pam Kindig’s garden in Rochester, New York. “Hand in hand with the invisible hand of God.” Gardening is a partnership that the gardener has with…

  • many different size and color hostas
    Design

    Bob’s Garden in Kentucky

    Today we’re off to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, to visit with Bob Hines. We’ve visited this garden before, so check earlier posts (start with Revisiting Bob and Mary Ann's Garden in Kentucky).…

  • deer proof shade plants
    Design

    A Deer-Proof Garden Design for Dry Shade – Plant IDs

    I live in a modern house perched on a coastal bluff and surrounded by Douglas firs and western red cedars (Thuja plicata, Zones 5–7) that are over one hundred years…

  • twinspur
    Design

    Unique Plants for Early Spring Containers in the Northeast

    After a long, snowy winter, one of the first signs of spring for gardeners in the Northeast is early spring seasonal containers. Since spring containers are typically only displayed for…

  • Yellow trout-lily
    Design

    Native Spring Ephemerals for the Mid-Atlantic

    As the ground thaws in the Mid-Atlantic, a group of native flowering plants has a short but sweet time to shine. Spring ephemerals welcome the warmer weather and longer days…

  • Vertical Harvest produce
    Kitchen Gardening

    Inside Vertical Harvest Farms in Jackson, Wyoming

    Last summer, my husband and I decided to escape to the mountains, and we took a road trip to Jackson, Wyoming. After arriving at our hotel room, my husband immediately…

  • Elsa Spath clematis
    Design

    Beautiful Blue Perennials for Northern California

    The color blue evokes pleasant feelings of tranquility and harmony. Blue hues appear to be refreshing as well as calming and soothing to body and mind. In the garden, blue…

  • An outdoor seating area
    Design

    Lockdown Garden Makeover

    Today we’re seeing the garden makeover Lynne did during the COVID lockdown. Up until this last year the most gardening I had ever done was mowing the grass and pulling…