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Design
Tropics in the Sunroom
We visited Barbara Cain’s beautiful garden in Norwell, Massachusetts, in the summer, and she recently shared some images of escaping from the cold winter in California. Today she’s sharing a…
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Design
Lessons Learned in a Gardening Life
Today we’re visiting the garden of Luana Carpenter in Massillon, Ohio. My parents were wonderful gardeners so I guess I was lucky to get the gardening bug from them. After…
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Article
Feeding Butterflies, Hummingbirds, and the Soul, Part 1
Welcome to Lila Johnson's garden! My husband and I live in Mill Creek, Washington, about 20 miles north of Seattle. Our garden is always a work in progress, but we…
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Design
A Garden in 40 Shades of Green
Emmanuel Touhey sent us these photos of his garden in Burke, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. This is my first real American garden. Born and raised in Ireland, I moved…
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Design
An Artful Garden
Today’s artful photos come from Bindy Jane French-Wright. I reside year round in a tiny house in the beautiful Georgian Bay area in Ontario, Canada. I purchased my property some…
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Article
Japanese Irises
A recent visit to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia, coincided with peak bloom of its wonderful collection of Japanese irises (Iris ensata, Zones 3–9). Unlike their more…
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Article
Peony Extravaganza!
Joe Koller sent in today’s photos of peonies. These photos were taken on May 27 at Alan Summers' gardens in Zone 7 in northern Maryland. He opened his gardens to…
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How-To
Dividing Irises
I know many gardeners have a strong aversion to division. But as a gardening mentor of mine used to say, if it’s all right to remodel the house, it’s all…