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    Sally’s Maryland Garden

    Today we’re off to see Sally Barker’s garden in Maryland. My garden was featured several times on GPOD a few years ago (Sally’s Garden in Maryland Revisited). Needless to say,…

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    Patti’s Garden Before and After

    Today we’re visiting Patti’s garden in Guilford, Connecticut. Growing up, I read about a garden like this while sitting on the floor in Accra, Ghana. Now in America, I have…

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    Heather’s Vermont Garden

    Today we’re visiting with Heather Kelman. I have been gardening in northern Vermont since 2007. When my husband and I were looking to purchase a house here, mature gardens were…

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    Designing Like Piet Oudolf in the Mid-Atlantic

    In recent years, many gardeners have been striving to create a naturalistic style by mimicking designers such as Claudia West, Cassian Schmidt, and, of course, Piet Oudolf. Fortunately, we Mid-Atlantic…

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    Ellie’s Favorite Plants and Garden Views

    Today’s photos are from Ellie Gilbert. This is my fifth submission to Fine Gardening’s Garden Photo of the Day. (See previous posts Seasonal Views of a Special Garden in MA…

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    Margherita’s Garden in Ithaca

    Welcome to Margherita Fabrizio’s garden in, Ithaca, New York. Hello from Central New York State, where this glorious dahlia has been blooming since about mid-August. I have actually grown it…

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    Robin’s Favorite Plants of the Year

    Robin Thistle sent in these images from her New Jersey garden. I have been gardening for 40 years and always had a passion for plants, inspired by my father‘s farming…

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    Designing a Stylish Pollinator Garden

    A few years ago, in an effort to try to help dwindling butterfly and bee populations, my partner Mikel and I plowed up an acre of invasive bittersweet on the…

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    Conquering Collector’s Chaos

    I am a plant collector, and I have a “collector’s garden.” In gardener-speak, that is code for acknowledging I have lots of plants (some would say too many) wedged to…

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    Peak-Season Combos

    While most people tend to divide the gardening year into four seasons, I like to divide it into three time periods: planning, working, and enjoying. Winter is for planning. It’s…