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READER PHOTOS! A grotto garden in Pennsylvania
13 commentsI think Jay sifford's successful last post has inspired a few more designers to send in photos of gardens they've designed for clients--I'm so glad! Especially when the gardens look like todays...
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READER PHOTOS! Ana's garden in Portugal, revisited
12 commentsToday's photos are from Ana Abrantes in Portugal. We featured Ana's stunning arbor of wisteria back in March (refresh your memory HERE). Today she's showing us a bit more of her garden. Ana says...
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READER PHOTOS! Jan's garden in Ohio, revisited
9 commentsWe featured Jan Meissner's Avon, Ohio, garden last spring (here, here, & here). She's back again this year with this selection of photos that are having her longing for spring (we know how she...
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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! 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! Jan's garden in Wisconsin
12 commentsAnother Wisconsin garden! Today's photos are from Jan Murin. She says, "I garden near Lake Michigan in southeastern Wisconsin. It is a corner lot with the neighbor's shrubs on the north border and a...
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READER PHOTOS! Phillip's garden in Alabama
13 commentsToday's photos are from Phillip Oliver in Florence, Alabama. Phillip says, "We moved into our house in 1992 and the property was pretty much a blank slate. There were some old fruit trees and a few...
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READER PHOTOS! Denise's garden in upstate New York
19 commentsToday's photos are from Denise Dyko. She says, "This garden is located in the midHudson Valley of New York. It is less than ¼ of an acre in Zone 5a (new zone map), although I do have...
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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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Eve's garden in Tennessee
24 commentsToday's photos are from Eve J. in Tennessee. Eve says, "I live in Norris, Tennessee, a very small historic town which was built as the first actual planned community in the 1930s to house workers who...
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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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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! Bonnie's garden in Pennsylvania
9 commentsToday's photos are from Bonnie Pancoast. She says: In September of 2004 I lost my home and gardens to then Tropical Storm Ivan. (By the time it reached the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania it...
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READER PHOTOS! John's parents' garden in Minnesota
6 commentsToday's photos are from John Benjamin Kamp in Minneapolis. He says, "So, this landscape I designed for my parents, who were looking to turn a very haphazard perennial garden into something with a bit...
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READER PHOTOS! Nora's garden in Australia
10 commentsToday's photos are from Nora Fernandes in Melbourne, Australia. She says, "I had to remove my lawn due to water restrictions last year in Melbourne. I tried to create a place to inspire peacefulness...
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A busy bench demands a busy plant
9 commentsAnother couple of shots from the Enid A. Haupt garden--this garden is a TREASURE! These benches certainly don't fade into the background, even though their color usually would. Instead, theyre...
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Living in the front yard
14 commentsHere is an example of something I wish I saw more often in my gardening travels--places to sit in the front yard! Lauren McVey Rush, another gardener I visited when in Chicago a couple of weeks ago...
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White cushions--impractical but gorgeous
10 commentsHere are a few more scenes from Linda Allard's gorgeous garden in Washington, Connecticut. Every piece of furniture on the terrace and by the pool sports snowy white cushions. I have to say that I...
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Perfection is boring
9 commentsI love wandering a formal garden and finding a coiled garden hose in the midst of the order, in plain sight. It brings everything down to earth and reinforces the fact that a garden is a labor of...
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Yet another cool chair
8 commentsOne last scene from Innisfree and I'm DONE, I promise! Gray wouldn't normally be my first choice as a hardscape color in a garden, but these gray chairs fit this calm scene perfectly. The color...
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Wave Hill chairs at Innisfree
3 commentsEverywhere you go at Innisfree, you find these wonderful chairs. They're generally called Wave Hill chairs (you'll find oodles of them at Wave Hill, too), but they were designed by Gerrit Rietveld in...
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Beauty up close and from afar
7 commentsI hope you're not tired of seeing images from Innisfree Garden yet, because I can't help myself from devoting another couple of days to this amazing place. Today I'm highlighting this beautiful patio...
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A little slice of Bali in California
4 commentsToday's photos take us to Michelle Derviss' back yard in her garden in Novato, California. I visited her a couple of years ago, and was captivated by this relaxing yet exciting space. I asked her to...
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READER PHOTOS! Dripping with atmosphere
15 commentsDay 2 of Guida Quon's garden in Santa Ana, California! Check out Guida's amazing sitting area festooned with Spanish moss. It's like something out of a fairy tale. Stay tuned for more photos of...
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READER PHOTO! Grasses & a hay bale table
7 commentsOne last photo from Philip Leveridge in Austin, Texas. I fell in love with his hay bale garden table. He says, "These grasses lie between a couple of hidden galvanized steel stock tank pools. I...
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Use chairs as a canvas for eye-popping color!
1 commentIn this Michigan garden, the designer didn't stop with just one paint color when dressing up his patio chairs. He went all out with colorful plaids and polka dots! Paired with pots of a happy jumble...
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READER PHOTO! Lemonade from lemons
9 commentsToday's post is from Katherine Davis. She says, "I had an old oak that had to come down but I thought it would be nice to save part of the trunk and do something "FUN" with it. I now have a tree chair that everyone loves to sit in."
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A meaningful place to rest
2 commentsThis blue bench is a place to rest and reflect in the garden of Randy Bolin and Tom Nelson in Oakland, California, and it was featured in an essay, My Sanctuary, that Randy wrote for the...
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A funky chair-turned-planter
9 commentsA metal chair without a seat is a perfect opportuniy to make a creative statement in a garden. Give it a vivid coat of paint, build a simple planter box to fit the frame, and plant it up with...
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A property-line seating area
2 comments"This sunken woodland patio provides a beautiful, private place to sit along the property line. The fence undulates with the topography, and its construction provides a pleasing texture that alludes...
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A bench built for a lifetime
3 commentsThis is another creation from landscape architect Brian Higley. He says, "These benches were designed to be simple but beautiful fixtures along a trail at Madam Brett Park in Beacon, New York...
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READER PHOTO! A happy orange and lime theme for a busy patio
11 commentsToday's photo is from David Bockman in Fairfax, Virginia. Recently David's studio, greeneyedesign, llc, was approached to design the outdoor dining area containers for Fresh Lunch Catering. The...
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