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READER PHOTOS! Sarah's garden in Illinois, Day 1: The front yard
8 commentsWe'll spend the next two days (Well, today and Monday!) in Sarah Hall's garden in Champaign, Illinois. Today's photos are from Sarah's front yard. But first, an introduction to Sarah. Sarah...
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READER PHOTOS! Carol's garden in Georgia
5 commentsToday's photos are from Carol Stewart in Atlanta, Georgia. Carol says, "Here is a picture of my garden this past summer. I enjoy using annuals and perennials in my garden. My garden is always...
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READER PHOTOS! Andrea's espalier in Idaho
12 commentsToday's photos are from Andrea Niederer near Boise, Idaho. Andrea says, "I live in the Intermountain West, near Boise, Idaho, in USDA Hardiness Zone 6. We have lots of sun and cool nights so...
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READER PHOTOS! Liz's garden in Washington
9 commentsToday's photos are from Liz Barry in North Bend, Washington. She says, "I love gardening as a hobby and also work part-time as a gardener, I own my own small business gardening for about 10...
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READER PHOTOS! Rebecca's garden in British Columbia
7 commentsToday's photos came from Cherry Ong, whose garden we've featured in the past, here. I'm thinking gardening is in her blood, especially after I got a glimpse of these photos of her mom's garden...
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READER PHOTOS! Tim's garden in Ohio, Day 3: This and that
30 commentsOne last day in Tim Vojt's garden in Columbus (for now...we're hoping Tim will keep sending in photos, yes?). Tim says, "This is an assortment of garden photos and plant portraits that arent...
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READER PHOTOS! Tim's garden in Ohio, Day 2: The front yard
26 commentsCheck out the next awesome transformation in Tim Vojt's garden in Columbus, Ohio! Tim says, "Our 100 year-old, suburban home sits up on a berm. Besides being unappealing, it was somewhat...
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READER PHOTOS! Tim's garden in Ohio, Day 1: The gravel garden
14 commentsWe're spending the next three days in Tim Vojt's garden in Columbus, Ohio. He's got lots of good stuff to show us! We'll start with his driveway gravel garden. Tim says, "I've been slowly...
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READER PHOTOS! Terie's garden in New York
20 commentsToday's photos are from Terie Rawn in Newfield, New York. Terie says, "Here are various pictures of my backyard gardens featuring the garden cottage that my husband built to honor our 30th wedding...
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READER PHOTOS! Even more from Jane's garden in Minnesota
8 commentsI can't resist another day of Jane Horn's garden in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Her plant combos are so great! Here's a portion of her garden along a shady path. Jane's plant IDs are in the first caption...
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READER PHOTOS! More from Jane's garden in Prior Lake, Minnesota
10 commentsWe featured Jane Horn's driveway garden in Prior Lake, Minnesota, in the GPOD's 2nd birthday post, but today we feature another, lusher portion of her garden. She sent these photos in with the...
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READER PHOTOS! Julia's garden in Minnesota
10 commentsToday's photos are from Julia Brown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She says, "I became interested in flower gardening about 30 years ago after seeing a beautiful landscape photo in a magazine. My...
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READER PHOTOS! More from Leslie's garden in Colorado
9 commentsWe featured some scenes from Leslie Ornelas's gorgeous Colorado Springs, Colorado, garden back on October 12th of 2011, and if you go back and take another look, you might recognize some of the...
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READER PHOTOS! Avis's garden in Maryland
8 commentsToday's photos are from Avis Veseley in southern Maryland. She says, "This is a picture taken from our little "Wee House" where we nap, play with grandchildren, sort seeds and plan gardensnbspWhen...
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READER PHOTOS! Jeffrey's visit to Larnach Castle
11 commentsToday's photos (no, that first one's not photoshopped...Wow!) are from Jeffrey Ross. Jeff says, "I live in the Sonoran Desert of North Phoenix, Arizona. I started my blog, Gardening on the Moonnbspbecause...
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READER PHOTOS! More from Sara's garden in California
21 commentsBack on December 21st, we featured three photos from Sara Malone's garden in Somoma County, taken by her friend Janice LeCocq. They knocked our socks off, and Janice promised to send more...
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READER PHOTO! More from Lola's garden in New York
9 commentsWe featured Lola's great wall and pond yesterday, but today we see a view of a different part of her property. Lola says...
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READER PHOTOS! Lola's garden in New York
14 commentsToday's photos are from Lola Stanton in Highland Lake, New York. She says, I had wanted a water feature for years and years, something my husband did not see any use for! The yard slopes down and our basement always got flooded, so last year my husband built the wall himself and added a drainage system....
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Want us to feature YOUR garden on the Garden Photo of the Day blog?
Here at the Garden Photo of the Day, we LOVE featuring your gardens! In fact, the blog has evolved over the last couple of years to feature mainly reader photos, with a few FG-staff-shot photos here...
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READER PHOTOS! Marcia's garden in Maryland
18 commentsToday's photos are from Marcia Brown. She says, "I live outside of Baltimore, Maryland, on eight acres, only one of which can be touched. The rest is forest conservation designation, which is...
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READER PHOTOS! Bruce's garden in Louisiana
9 commentsBoy, we sure have been all over the continent in the past few weeks! New York, Massachusetts, Montana, California, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, New Jersey... Let's travel south today...
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READER PHOTOS! More from Kielian's garden in Montana
14 commentsRemember Kielian DeWitt? We featured her garden back on December 9th. Take another look. OK, so Kielian sent in these photos last week, and while she was worried they're not "gardeny" enough for the...
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READER PHOTO! Mary Jane's garden in New York
9 commentsToday's photo is from Mary Jane Hayhurst in Orchard Park, New York. She says, "This is the view from our porch and as you enter from the driveway. In the foreground is hostas, ferns, astilbes...
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The GPOD's 2nd birthday!
17 commentsHappy birthday to us!! The GPOD was "born" exactly two years ago today, on January 4th, 2010. Whew--that's more than 500 posts! I kinda need a nap... Take a minute to go back to the beginning. Its...
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Lost in the bamboo
11 commentsHere are a couple of serene scenes from the bamboo garden at Matterhorn Nursery in New York. Stay tuned tomorrow for the winner of the New Year's gardening resolutions drawing from yesterday!
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Happy New Year!!
50 commentsHappy New Year, everyone! Doesn't it feel fresh and new, like we've just hit a reset button? I don't know about you, but I'm vowing to do everything bigger and better this year. Today...
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Through the gateway to a new year
11 commentsToday's photo, the last one of 2011 (Wow!), was taken by assistant editor Antonio Reis. Antonio says, "This is yet another whimsical feature at Sticks and Stones Farm in Newtown, Connecticut. I...
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Moss and stones at Sticks and Stones
6 commentsToday's photo is from Assistant Editor Antonio Reis once again. Antonio says, "This is one of many labyrinths that I’ve found and half-completed (they take such a long time from start to...
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Upcycling in the garden...
8 commentsToday's photo was taken by assistant editor Antonio Reis while on a photo shoot this fall. He says, "When I visited Lee Reich at his home in New Paltz, New York, I noticed these Croc-esque shoes hanging...
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READER PHOTOS! More from Pauline's garden in California
5 commentsI'm beginning to think that Irvin and Pauline Faria's garden in Carmichael, California, is much larger than I originally thought! We've featured Pauline's garden here, here, here, and here. In this...
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READER PHOTOS! Odile's garden in New York
13 commentsHappy Boxing Day, everyone! Today's photos are from Odile LaComb in Messina, New York. Odile says, "We live in Massena, New York, on the St. Lawrence River, which is the border between Canada and the...
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Happy Holidays!!
7 commentsToday's photos are from Shauna McWilliams in Radnor, Pennsylvania. She recently visited the conservatory at Longwood Gardens and had to share this spectacular gingerbread man tree. For eveyone who...
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