Freaky, Creepy Plants for Halloween
It’s always such a fun surprise to discover a garden that’s able to incorporate a few freaky, creepy plants for Halloween. In the past, in
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Saying Goodbye to Your Garden with Pressed Flowers
Saying goodbye to your garden with pressed flowers can help make this emotionally challenging event a bit more bearable. I remember just a few years
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Holiday Gifts for Gardeners
I don’t usually write about holiday gift ideas, but I figure this year (being the unending grind that it’s been) calls for an exception.
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Succulent People of the San Diego Botanic Garden
While spending the day at the San Diego Botanic Garden, my favorite moment was walking around the corner and discovering I was in the middle
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Lavenders for All Four Seasons: Varieties That Shine Year-Round
Lavenders for all four seasons? Yes! (Though winter-blooming varieties are best suited to milder climates.) After designing gardens for over 25 years, I can confidently
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Making succulent pumpkins
Without a doubt, fall is my favorite season of the year. And making succulent pumpkins is one of my favorite ways to celebrate the beginning of
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Taking ‘gardening is therapy’ to a whole new level
At one time or another, most of us have said ‘gardening is therapy,’ right? But seeing an actual therapeutic garden work its magic right in
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Design your Garden Toolkit – a review, a story, and a giveaway
Recently my good friend, Michelle Gervais (who was also the former garden editor of Fine Gardening magazine for many, many years) asked me to
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Saying goodbye to my garden
One of the smartest things I’ve ever done is to give myself a long, long time to say goodbye to my garden. In just a
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Monarch Mayhem: joy and heartbreak in the garden
Remember last year when I wrote about my daughter’s newly found passion for monarch butterflies? Well, I recently received this text from her: “Guess who’s
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The birds in my garden (plus a HUGE plant giveaway from Sunset!)
I simply adore the birds that visit my garden. Here one moment and gone the next, their fleeting presence and sweet, sweet songs never
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The mystery of the monarch
Throughout my daughter’s life, I’ve tried just about everything I could think of to pique her interest in gardening. And while she’s always appreciated playing
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