Public Gardens - Page 8 of 12 - Fine Gardening

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    GPOD on the Road: J. C. Ralston Arboretum

    Today Helen is taking us along on a visit to the beautiful J. C. Ralston Arboretum in Raleigh, North Carolina. There are absolutely stunning plantings there, and it is free.…

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    Spring in Ned Wolf Park

    Eric Sternfels has shared pictures of Ned Wolf Park in Philadelphia before (A Garden Made by a Community), but he sent in these photos because he said it was clear…

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    GPOD on the Road: Springtime at Mt. Cuba Center

    Today Kevin Kelly is taking us along to visit a fantastic public garden. I recently took a trip to Mt. Cuba Center, which is located in Delaware. It opened to…

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    GPOD on the Road: Spring from the Takata Japanese Garden

    Today friend of the GPOD Cherry Ong is taking us along to the Takata Japanese Garden at the Horticulture Center of the Pacific (HCP) in Victoria, British Columbia, which she…

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    Making Garden Magic Bloom

    Today’s post is from Barbara Martin. On May 1,  five friends and I (we've dubbed ourselves the Secret Magic Garden Society) staged a fundraising event to restore the long-ignored and,…

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    The Wave Hill Alpine House

    Today’s photos were sent in by Sandra Schaller. Sandra works at Wave Hill, a fantastic public garden in the Bronx in New York City. She recently took over care of…

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    Take a Tour of a Botanical Garden Filled With California Native Plants

    Founded in 1940 and located within Tilden Park in the canyon above Berkeley, California, a wild, 10-acre botanical garden awaits your discovery. Created to serve as a living museum of…

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    GPOD on the Road: Anemones and Erythronium at the HCP

    The GPOD is on the road again, and today friend of the GPOD Cherry Ong is taking us on a visit to the gardens at the Horticulture Centre of the…

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    GPOD on the Road: Tofino Float’em Garden

    Today’s GPOD comes from frequent contributor Cherry Ong and features a very cool public garden that she stumbled upon on a very rainy day in Tofino, British Columbia. This garden…

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    GPOD on the Road: Coastal Maine Botanical Garden

    Today Julie Hustvet is taking us along on a visit to one of the premiere botanical gardens in New England. I took a trip out to Maine last fall (September…