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DesignA 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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DesignCreating 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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Design11 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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DesignPeony 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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DesignBearded 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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ArticleThe 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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DesignHow 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,…
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DesignHow to Create Balance in the Garden
I love plants, all kinds of plants, crammed in with a long succession of fabulous foliage and blooming combinations in strong, bold colors. I also love strong design stories with…
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Article15 Ideas to Steal for Your Garden
Pablo Picasso said something to the effect of, “Bad artists imitate. Great artists steal.” The same quote is often attributed to Igor Stravinsky and T. S. Eliot. Whoever said it,…
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ArticleHow to Make More Space in the Garden
At the time, buying a house seemed like such a grown-up thing. But the allure of having a garden was too powerful to ignore. So after years of renting places…
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