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Garden Photo of the Day
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READER PHOTOS! Giuseppe's garden in New York
19 commentsToday's photos are from Linda Purrazzella in Southampton, New York. She says, "My father, Giuseppe, has always been the gardener in the family…not a green thumb but a golden one. Whatever he...
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READER PHOTOS! Bonnie's garden in Georgia
21 commentsToday's photos are from Bonnie Helander in Peachtree City, Georgia. She says, "These are pictures of my garden from spring of 2011. I used to garden in Zone 7b but I understand that with the new USDA...
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READER PHOTOS! Sarah's garden in Maine
7 commentsToday's photos are from Sarah Wolpow in Brunswick, Maine. She says, "Here are some photos from my newly Zone 6a garden in southern Maine (we were 5b until the new zone map came out - a little scary...
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READER PHOTOS! Gina's garden in Idaho
10 commentsToday's photos are from Michael Toolson and Gina Wells in Boise, Idaho. Michael says, "In the spring of 2006, I was looking for a project that would afford me a degree of freedom to express myself as a landscaper, and...
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READER PHOTOS! More from Terie's garden in New York
13 commentsBack to business! Today's photos are from Terie Rawn in Newfield, New York. We featured Terie's charming garden cottage back on January 24th. (Click here to revisit it). I'd hoped that Terie would...
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READER PHOTOS! Peg's visit to the Phipps Conservatory
5 commentsToday's photos are from Peg McCann in St. Joseph, Michigan. She visited the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburg in 2010, and found this fanciful dragon. She says, "These twig dragons were made with...
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READER PHOTOS! Can't get enough of Pauline's garden...
4 commentsHere's our weekly dose of gorgeousness from Pauline's garden in Carmichael, California, thanks to Pauline's husband, Irvin Faria. Irvin says, "An Oribe-style Japanese lantern, designed specifically...
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Gazing ball nirvana
3 commentsI've featured gazing balls in the past, always trying to find new ways to use this sometimes-called-cliche garden ornament in inventive, fantastic ways. This one falls into that category. Darcy...
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Debra's adorned pot
4 commentsToday's photos are from Rebecca Sweet, a Los Altos garden designer and one of my very favorite Californians! She had an opportunity recently to visit the garden of succulent queen Debra Lee Baldwin...
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Let's start a new trend!
9 commentsYou know how, when you visit a lot of cities in the past few yeras, many of them seem to have those painted cows? Well, a few weeks ago I stopped in at the Jenkins Arboretum in Devon...
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READER PHOTOS! More from Brenda's garden in Georgia
8 commentsMore photos today from Brenda Addington's garden in Suwanee, Georgia. Don't you think she's really good at incorporating ornaments into her garden in a tasteful way? Love it! Thanks, Brenda, for...
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Lounging in the lady's mantle
8 commentsIn Barbara Blossom Ashmun's garden in Portland, Oregon, lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis, USDA Hardiness Zones 4-7) makes the perfect billowy bed for a reclining duo. Barbara is a garden designer in...
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READER PHOTO! Pauline's garden in Carmichael, California
11 commentsIrvin Faria emailed me last week to share this photo of his wife's garden. I had to know more. He says, "Pauline is my wife of 58 years. She will turn 79 in December and continues to care for...
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The Ghost Walk
7 commentsThis shady corridor at Old Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury, New York, ends at two clever peacocks, their plumage represented by evergreen...
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More bright paint for the garden
6 commentsFrames aren't the only things the folks at The Growing Place in Naperville, Illinois, are painting. Here they've created a cute little vignette by painting an old wooden door fuchsia and surrounding...
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Framing a natural piece of art
4 commentsIs there a plant in your garden that you adore more than any other? One that you think deserves more attention and fawning? A plant that is in its seasonal prime? Frame it! That's what the folks at...
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Les Quatre Vents - Botanical music
3 commentsThis little band of musical frogs is hidden in a series of tall arborvitae hedges. It's not easy to find, but when you do, your motion triggers a Dixieland jazz performance! **All last week...
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A reflection steals the show
3 commentsThis container grouping in Laura Crockett's garden is successful because of several different factors. The screen behind the pots makes the plantings stand out beautifully, mking the plantings stand...
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A different perspective, just as good
10 commentsWe featured Laura Crockett's garden in the magazine way back in the August 2005 issue, and ever since, I think of her garden as one of my all-time favorites. Laura has a quirky style that makes her...
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Simple & stunning
6 commentsOne more scene from Linda Allard's garden in Washington, Connecticut. On the way to Linda's painting studio tucked into the woods, you pass by this beautiful view enhanced simply by a large copper...
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Even in rough shape, old beats new
6 commentsSomeone must really love this huge urn at the Cross Estate Gardens in Bernardsville, New Jersey. It looks good from afar, right? But up close it looks like this gorgeous vessel has had a rough life...
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A Hudson Valley bee skep
2 commentsA couple of weekends ago I went on a whirlwind tour of some Hudson Valley (New York) gardens with a couple of gardening buddies. I'll be featuring some of the sights we saw this week. I'll start...
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Still in Bali...and loving it!
2 commentsYesterday just wasn't enough of Michelle Derviss' awesome garden, so today we view it from another angle. Here's what Michelle had to say about this little tableau: "In 2006 I traveled to Bali with a...
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From eyesore to eye-catching
8 commentsSeveral years ago my neighbors and friends Laura and Bruce had an absolutely MONSTER dead tree taken down in their back yard at the end of their driveway. Seriously, this thing was huge...
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Watering cans as garden ornaments
5 commentsHere are two charming ways to display collections of vintage watering cans. The first is from Sabrina and Freeland Tanner's garden in Napa, California. The second was taken in a garden in...
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Dreamy garden ornaments you can BUY!
3 commentsI visited Bedrock Gardens, Jill Nooney's garden in Lee, New Hampshire, last year and fell in love with these gem stems. They're made from glass deck prisms, and look amazing in Jills...
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A humble garden ornament
13 commentsYou might think this is a piece of driftwood that Barbara Weirich dragged up from the shores of Lake Michigan into her garden in Benton Harbor, Michigan. That's what I thought, but associate editor...
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The Midas touch
3 commentsHere's an exciting scene from a garden in Oakland, California. I love how the gold pedestal really makes this corner of the garden pop. The trunks of the bananas are like columns in a room, and the...
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Keeping cool in a Charleston courtyard
5 commentsEven in October, Charleston's gardens are still kicking. This was taken a few years ago. It was still pretty darned warm in South Carolina that October, but this garden felt cool and inviting. That...
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READER PHOTO! Mystery flowers
3 commentsWhen Mary Palmer from near Monroe, Washington, sent in this photo a couple of days ago, I had an inkling of what these gardening ornaments were, and I begged her to tell me I was right...
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Paint the garden red! Or green...or blue...
4 commentsGot a dead tree nagging you? An old broken bike hanging around the shed? A junk pile waiting for a trip to the dump? Marry one of those things with a can of brightly colored spraypaint, and youve...
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READER PHOTOS! More fun from NYBG
5 commentsMary Sherwood from Littleton, North Carolina, was inpired by yesterday's post to send in these photos of the Chihuly exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden in 2006. Beautiful--thanks, Mary! Well...
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