Michelle Gervais
Michelle Gervais is a former senior editor.
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DesignJazz Up Your Garden with Annuals You Can Easily Grow from Seed
You know that old saying that “friends don’t let friends grow annuals”? I now ignore that sentiment. Some of the best plants in my garden are annuals, and they are…
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How-ToTips for Starting Annual Seeds Indoors Successfully
While growing plants from seed is less expensive, it does require extra steps when compared to growing plants or starts from your local garden center. 1. Buy seeds from a…
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Design‘Transformer’ Yellow Fennel Flower Is a Showy Annual
At a glance, the most commonly grown love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena and cvs., annual) is just a charming little cottage garden annual, with spidery foliage and whirligig flowers in pastel shades…
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DesignA White Garden Shines Day and Night
Christian Harper, a horticulturist at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin, designed this luminous bed of annuals, which is part of a four-corner intersection of similar beds. The selection of…
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DesignDesigning With Green
This ubiquitous color, when used well, can be just as exciting as vibrant flowers
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How-ToTips for Growing Apple Trees
Apples (Malus spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9) are a constant presence in the supermarket, but one taste of a just-picked, perfectly ripe apple in autumn will make you eschew grocery-store…
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ArticleMaking a Garden a Home
A garden is becoming a place to live rather than being simply an accent to the house.
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Design5 Facts About Growing Apple Trees
Apples (Malus spp. and cvs., USDA Hardiness Zones 3–9) are a constant presence in the supermarket, but one taste of a just-picked, perfectly ripe apple in autumn will make you…
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The Dirt2014 Container Challenge Results
Containers of Tomorrow Finalists: What will become of container gardening in years to come?
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Garden Photo of the DaySpring in Ali’s garden in Iran
It's a new season in Ali's garden, and 9 new photos to go with it!
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