Design Videos - Fine Gardening
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DesignEpisode 174: Plant Evaluation with Sam Hoadley and Richard Hawke
Catalogue descriptions for new plants may grab our attention, but usually provide little useful information about how these up-and-coming cultivars will perform in your garden. Fortunately, comparative trials like those…
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DesignEpisode 173: Beneficial Host Plants for Pollinators
This week we might rename the show Pollinator Haven, the podcast where we dig into the vibrant world of pollinators and the plants that sustain them! Well, probably not, but…
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DesignEpisode 171: Deer-Resistant Plants
One deer can do major landscape damage overnight, and if a herd regularly visits your garden you may feel like giving up. Although almost no plant is completely safe if…
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DesignGarden Tour of a Sustainable Native Plant Oasis Bursting with Fall Color
When Jeff Lorenz and Kayla Fell purchased this property in the Philadelphia suburbs, they knew they had their work cut out for them. A front and back yard of mostly…
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DesignEpisode 170: High-Impact Native Plants with Uli Lorimer
Ulrich Lorimer is the director of the Native Plant Trust in Framingham, MA, a conservation organization that manages Garden in the Woods. He has been a longtime advocate for cultivating…
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DesignEpisode 169: Great Foundation Plants
When we say “foundation plants” you might think we’re talking about plants that are the backbones of our beds and borders. But that’s not what we mean in this instance.…
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DesignEpisode 168: Rewind—Design Rules of Thumb with Stacie Crooks
Seattle-based garden designer Stacie Crooks creates beautiful, ecologically friendly, low-maintenance gardens throughout the Pacific Northwest. Her most recent article in the December 2024 issue of Fine Gardening magazine tackles the…
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DesignEpisode 167: Pollinator Plants
Hardly an episode goes by where we don't mention a pollinator plant. But we have never dedicated an entire episode to the topic, which in our minds is bananas! So…
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DesignEstablishing a Naturalistic Garden in Fallow, Compacted Fields | Garden Story with Donald Pell
“Uncontrollable changes in a garden are inevitable and wonderful opportunities,” says Donald Pell, a landscape designer in Chester County, Pennsylvania. To prove this is true, Donald and his associates created…
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DesignRock Gardening Basics with Panayoti Kelaidis
Panayoti Kelaidis is the senior curator and director of outreach at Denver Botanic Gardens , a founding member and collaborator with the Plant Select plant introduction program, and an active…
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