Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

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Designing a Perennial Garden to Bloom All Summer part 1

Without further ado, here’s the first video in the two-part series on designing a perennial flower bed to bloom all summer.  Read More →

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Why I Garden

One of the delights in my life is my morning ritual of sitting outside – barefoot – with pen and notebook – drinking my morning coffee – in the garden. I can watch the sun change shadows from deep purple... 

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Advanced Gardening Tips

Here’s a mini-series of advanced gardening tips for you. It’s a 3-week (free) series of tips delivered right to your inbox. I’ll look forward to hearing whether you like them or can use them. Japanese Iris  Read More →

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Garden Design Series of Articles

I want to tell you that I’ve just uploaded a series of garden design posts from a few really good garden-writer friends. Let me suggest you check out the articles (links below) and make comments there using the links... 

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Garden Disaster

Taken directly from the Horticultural NewsWire Service Headline: Head Gardener Doug Green admits garden is out of control. Body Head Gardener Doug Green admits garden is out of control and liable to create massive amounts of... 

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Which Three Flowering Plants Would You Use?

If you could only use three flowering plants in your entire garden, which ones would they be? I was thinking about this as part of my own garden design process as I get set to relaunch a brand new garden. This garden is going... 

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Garden Biodiversity

I’ve just finished reading and absorbing one of the most fascinating research reports in recent memory. It has to do with biodiversity – how different species all manage (or not) to live together in an environment. Traditionally,... 

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Slow Gardening

One of the most amazing developments over the past few years has been the slow-food movement. The notion that the slowing down, eating real food, in relaxed, convivial environments is important in our lives. I love it. Mayo... 

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