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    Summer in Margot’s Garden

    Today we are visiting Margot Navarre's garden in Bellevue, Washington. I adore my winter and spring gardens but am getting into the summer spirit of gardening. Lysimachia (Lysimachia punctata, Zones…

  • close up on the small garden bed
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    New Garden Inspired by the GPOD

    Today we’re visiting with Nicki Snoblin in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Greetings! Back in April you published an entry titled “Bob’s Japanese-Style Garden,” and I immediately thought of an area in…

  • front yard garden with lots of flowers
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    John and Joanne’s Garden

    Today we’re visiting John and Joanne’s garden in Abbotsford, British Columbia. In the 28 years we have owned our house we have chosen not to fence the back. It makes…

  • shade garden in spring
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    Spring in Mary’s Garden

    Today we’re in Maryland, visiting Mary Spencer’s garden. May is my favorite month of the year and is when my shade garden comes to life. I have lived here for…

  • plants with bright green foliage and purple flowers
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    Lizzi’s Walla Walla Garden

    I’m Lizzi, and I live in Walla Walla, Washington. We moved here 2½ years ago from Portland, Oregon, where I had been gardening for 20 years. While my planting zone…

  • garden bed full of hostas
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    Terry’s Connecticut Garden

    Today we’re visiting with Terry Karpen. My garden in Redding, Connecticut, is a study of interplay between the planned and the wild, the artistic and the practical, the ecologically sound…

  • plants for dry shade
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    Hardy Plants for Dry Shade in the Northern Plains

    No matter the size or location of your garden, you are likely to be planting in more than one type of environment. Under the canopy of trees, along foundations, under…

  • garden path made of sliced logs
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    Yvonne’s Woodland and Japanese-Inspired Gardens

    We visited Yvonne’s new Virginia garden (Yvonne's New Garden in Virginia) on the GPOD before, and today she’s sharing more. I’m sending two sets of pictures—one for the woodland walk…

  • unusual shade plants
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    Weird and Wild Shade Plants for the Northwest

    As we gladly came to the end of a wild and wet winter, I was excited to see some of the best of the weird shade-loving plants coming up. The…

  • perennials for dry shade
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    Perennials for Dry Shade in the Northeast

    Many of us in the Northeast struggle with the drier soil conditions found under tall evergreens, particularly the problematic summer-dry situations often found under towering Eastern white pines (Pinus strobus,…