Pathways - Page 9 of 17 - Fine Gardening

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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.…

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    A Plant Collector’s Spring, Part 2

    Welcome to day two of rarities from Glen Pace’s collection in Birch Run, Mich. Yesterday we posted photos from Glen's garden, where he grows lesser known varieties of standard favorites. Now, in…

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    Creating Backyard Serenity

    Mitchell Smith and Evette Gee of Seattle have the type of backyard retreat where many people would like to spend their vacation. One step outside the kitchen’s sliding-glass doors and…

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    11 Steps to a Better Backyard

    Comfort and utility are among the most important qualities to consider when developing a garden design. Because tastes and styles differ, beauty is often in the eye of the beholder.…

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    Peony Anticipation

    Peonies are just popping out of the ground in my garden, showing their reddish new foliage, and it got me all excited about the show to come later in the…

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    Bearded Iris Bonanza

    Stuart Boone shared these images of his friend Mary’s bearded iris garden in Red Bluff, California. Bearded irises are sometimes called Iris germanica, though modern bearded irises are actually complex…

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    The Tranquillity of Winter

    Linda Skyler shared these images of a really incredible garden. She writes: "Although this seems a very uneventful time of year at the Bloedel Reserve, the tranquillity of walking through…

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    How to Create a Gravel Garden

    When you conjure up an image of a gravel garden, it probably isn’t very fun or colorful. Many people picture a sea of hot, dry gravel, some harsh, craggy rocks,…