Pathways - Page 8 of 17 - Fine Gardening

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    Made for Shade

    Today’s photos come from Karen Holmen: I am a long-time gardener in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. What started as a small backyard garden has grown over many years to a…

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    Spring in the Pacific Northwest

    Linda Skylar wrote in and said this: My husband and I were recently on the “Bainbridge in Bloom” garden tour, and these are some photos my husband took of our…

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    Another Visit

    Last week, Joe Koller shared photos with us from Alan Summer’s open garden. The garden was so beautiful that we wished we could see more—and as it turned out, we…

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    A Quiet Week in the Garden

    Janell Frazier-Day sent in these photos of her garden. She claimed, “It's one of those quiet weeks in the garden, before the roses and hydrangeas really take off,” but I…

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    A Connecticut Yankee’s Tribute to Chinese Gardens

    Today’s Chinese-inspired garden comes from Bill Sullivan: I live in Bethel, Connecticut, and have been working on the garden for 20 years. All of the plants in the garden either…

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    Goodbye to Pauline’s Garden

    Today’s photos come from Irvin and Pauline Faria of Carmichael, Calif. They are moving to a new state and are hoping that the new owners of their home will continue…

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    Artful Gardening

    Elissa Steves of Blacksburg, Virginia, has an unusual and very beautiful garden. Typically, gardeners either focus on collecting the most rare and exotic of plants, OR they focus on arranging…

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    Big Apple Roses

    Today’s photos come from David Tillyer, who gardens in a very unusual space—a good reminder that if you don’t have space for a garden, you can almost always find somewhere…

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    Reinventing a Cottage Garden

    Joy Davey dreamt of having a cottage garden. She could picture the dense, flower-filled beds surrounding her Craftsman-style house. The breezy informality of the cottage look resonated with her lifestyle…

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    Dealing With Dry Shade

    Everything I’ve learned about dry-shade gardening has been from experimentation.   When my husband and I bought our home in Fairview, Tennessee, 20 years ago, I had never gardened before.…