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Surprise at the Indianapolis Museum of Art: A Paved Paradise
I visited the Indianapolis Museum of Art housing over 50,000 works representing a variety of cultures and 5000 years of art history. But I'll have to take their word for…
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Taking On Lawn Alternatives With The Garden Designers Roundtable
Other than a place to teach your dog to play lacrosse, I don't see much use for conventional turf lawns. So I knew just what I'd write about when the…
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Chardonnay and Herbs Meet in Sonoma Wine County
Saxon Holt and Tammi Hartung's book about herbs is the perfect excuse to share my recent speaking trip to the Bay Area. And I got a whole day to just…
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Healthy Skepticism for a Healthy Garden – Win A Free Copy of The Informed Gardener!
Linda Chalker-Scott, didn't set out to be a matador, hell-bent on goring gardening's sacred cows. But somebody needed to bust the myths we carry into our gardens.
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Time Machine Found in Old Box: Connecting the Dots
Last week I was rummaging through an old box and found a time machine. It looked like an old, primitively drawn landscape plan. But for me, it was like taking…
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Protect Your Pets from Poisonous Plants: Biff’s Ordeal
We love our pets, but are we aware of all the common foods, products, and plants that put them in harm's way? I learned the hard way.
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Cornerstone Sonoma: Where Art, Imagination, and Plants Come to Play
I had heard so many wondrous things about Cornerstone: Festival of Gardens. It was one of those breathlessly spoken, Oh, you have to go there, places my designer friends insisted…
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Airplanes In The Garden — Kids, Butterflies, and Summer Fun
Summer's almost here, so what better way to get kids outside than growing your own butterfly garden? Joan Calder's book will entertain kids and guarantees some good, clean, dirty fun.
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Another Definition of Vertical Gardening – Marcia Donahue
There's vertical and there's vertical. Artist Marcia Donahue's Berkeley, California, garden is a botanical and imaginative wonderland filled with humor, whimsy, and sensitivity to nature.
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I’m Beating Up On Lawns, Again
It started when I read Susan Harris' rippingly reasoned blog post at Garden Rant. Dandelion was the key word. Next thing I know, here I am blowing off steam about…