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DesignGardens Provide Comfort and Solace at Community Hospice House
Hi GPODers! We get so many very special submissions on Garden Photo of the Day, but this one particularly so. As evident by the title, the subject matter in this…
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CollectionAll About Growing Sedges
There are people who categorize plants as either workhorses or showboats, but wouldn’t we prefer our workhorses to be showboats, and vice versa? Few plants fit that brief quite so…
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Design6 Native Sedges for the Garden
Throughout the wilds of North America, sedges can be found in almost every habitat, from mountaintops to shady wetlands to coastal sand dunes. This diversity of native habitats leads to…
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DesignThe Best Keystone Plants for Your Region and Zone
Whether we realize it or not, gardeners are at the forefront of the critical fight to repair Earth’s environmental damage being caused by climate change, and habitat and biodiversity loss due to…
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ArticleLisa’s Wildlife Haven Near the Southernmost Point of Texas
Hi GPODers! Today we're venturing to a part of the US we don't get to see very often on the blog (If you're from this area and lurking on GPOD,…
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DesignNative Plants for Fall Interest in the Southeast
Fall could easily be a time of mourning. It’s the season of withering and dying back, of shortening days and cooling nights. Yet if you look at natural areas of…
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DesignHow to Create a Meadow Lawn with Native Plants
There’s satisfaction in that perfect crisscross of mown lines across flawless green grass, but with the herbicides, pesticides, water, fuel, and effort it demands, the infamous traditional turf lawn is…
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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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DesignNative Shade Perennials for the Northeast
It seems like the majority of the most popular native garden perennials are sun-loving meadow denizens. It can be difficult to find native flowering plants to brighten shadier spots. The…
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DesignBitterroot Secret Garden Tour: An Eco-friendly, Native Plant Garden
Hey GPODers! We're continuing on our virtual 2024 Bitterroot Secret Garden Tour™ today, visiting the wildlife- and pollinator-friendly garden of Mary Byers. Mary learned basic gardening knowledge in her parent’s…
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