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    A Garden for Frogs, Toads, Bees, and Butterflies

    Kimberly Hennelly is sharing photos today of her garden and the various nonhuman visitors she welcomes into the space. I wanted to share some photos of the frogs and pollinators…

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    Spring in Boston, Part 2

    We’re back for another day of enjoying spring in Barbara Cain’s Boston garden. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis, Zones 3–8) is a common wildflower in the woodlands of eastern North America. The…

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    Flowers Fit for a Monarch

    Today we’re visiting Lynn DeSantis’s garden, where she has a lot of flowers that attract the attention of humans and butterflies. Stokes aster (Stokesia laevis, Zones 5–9), obedient plant (Physostegia…

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    Waiting for Summer

    While patiently waiting for the warm days of summer . . . here are a few pictures I took around my home in Victoriaville, Quebec, last summer. Enjoy! Christine Saint-Pierre…

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    Tips for Creating a Butterfly Garden

    More than 130 butterfly species are found in Northern California. As delightful to watch in their natural environment as they are in your perennial border, butterflies are valuable as pollinators…

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    It Is Easy Being Green

    I'm Ruth Kenworthy Ecker of Wellesley, Massachusetts. I am a member of a local garden club and serve on the board of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts. Though I…

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    Year-Round Garden Interest

    My name is Keri Shinault. I live in Northern Kentucky, Zone 6a, and have been gardening for about 12 years. I am an artist and am just as happy painting…

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    Seed to Fork

    Today we’re visiting Meg Cowden’s garden. We live in the western Twin Cities of Minnesota and enjoy a short and intense growing season. We relish pushing the season to its…

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    Food for Pollinators and People

    Today we’re visiting Ankica Zander’s garden in Michigan. My husband and I moved into this cottage some 10 years ago. The cottage had been in his family for just under…

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    Gardening for Wildlife

    Today we’re visiting the garden of Deirdre Gallagher. After establishment, this garden is designed to require very little water. Although it is still quite young, it is attracting many birds,…