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Backyard Makeover Game
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Sweetly Scented Tulips
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All About Starting Seeds
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Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
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Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
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Design an Engaging Entryway
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Enchanting Japanese Maples
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How to Start a Vegetable Garden
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A Gardener's Checklist for Early Spring
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Building a Compost Bin
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Garden Catalog Collector
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Soil Testing is Worth the Effort
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The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow
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10 Perennials Easily Grown from Seed
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Friendly Ways to Battle Garden Pests
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How to Grow Raspberries
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Spectacular Spring Bloomers
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Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
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Celebrate Spring with Cool-Season Containers
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15 Deer-Resistant Plants
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Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
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Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
Garden Photo of the Day
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READER PHOTOS! Marcia's garden in Maryland
5 commentsToday's photos are from Marcia Brown in Windsor Mill, Maryland. We featured Marcia's garden back in January (refresh your memory here), and she wrote back last week to show off one of her recent...
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READER PHOTOS! Sarah's garden in Illinois, Day 2: The back yard
9 commentsWe saw Sarah Hall's front garden at her home in Champaign, Illinois, on Friday. Now it's time for the back! Completely different, but just as awesome. Sarah says, "These pictures feature various...
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READER PHOTOS! Liz's garden in Washington
10 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! 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! Julia's garden in Minnesota
11 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 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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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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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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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! Gary's Japanese garden in Nova Scotia
9 commentsToday's photos are from Gary Billard in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gary says, "This is the Japanese Garden that I installed this Spring. I started Gardening about 10 years ago when I moved...
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READER PHOTOS! More from Bonnie's garden in Pennsylvania
11 commentsWe featured a few photos of Bonnie Pancoast's gardens a few weeks ago--a colorful front garden and her very cool labyrinth. Today she's sharing her garden shed, which is just as great! Bonnie...
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Just a little bit of color
10 commentsIt's amazing what just a little bit of color and structure will do to make winter oh-so-much-more attractive. This rustic birdhouse, besides attracting feathered friends to this garden, turns a...
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A grand, classic statement
7 commentsThings I love about this space at Old Westbury Gardens: 1. The historic grandeur2. The strong contrast between the bright white columns and their deep green background3. The draping branches of the...
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A living wall with flowing tresses
8 commentsThis gorgeous little living wall is at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The Mexican feather grass (Stipa tenuissima, USDA Hardiness Zones 7-11) almost acts as a frame of long, flowing...
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A melding of plants and hardscape
5 commentsThis wall isn't a prominent feature at the Chicago Botanic Garden. If I recall correctly, it's situated near the bathrooms. But it deserves a more exalted location! I love how the planted side mimics...
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More homemade garden structures
Today we're revisiting Wendy Ory's garden in the suburbs of Chicago, where I notices two more beautiful garden structures created by Wendy's husband, Mike. It sure pays to have a spouse who's handy...
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Repurposing architectural details in the garden
4 commentsI visited a bunch of gardens around Chicago a couple of weeks ago (special thanks to Amanda Thomsen, FG's newest blogger, who acted as my guide!), and in one of those gardens, I fell in love with...
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More from the ruins garden at Chanticleer
10 commentsWe finished off last week with some shots from the ruins garden at Chanticleer, and this week we have just a few more. Let me know if this is getting boring! (I doubt it...) I'm not sure what this...
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A garden house with a very specific purpose
8 commentsWhen I saw this little hut from across the lawn in the display gardens at Matterhorn Nursery in Spring Valley, New York, I was instantly smitten. I love the structure itself, its massive green...
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Veggie trellising ideas from Longwood Gardens
11 commentsIt's impossible to come away from a visit to Longwood Gardens without some serious inspiration. Check out these interesting ideas for trellising veggies with humble materials. Time to dig out...
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Pushing a container over the top with simple materials
6 commentsI discovered these awesome containers while touring a garden in Michigan several years ago. Sure, the plantings are nice, but what really makes these containers awesome is the towers, made simply of...
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READER PHOTO! Small lot, BIG garden!
4 commentsToday's photos are from garden designer Todd Holloway's private garden in Vancouver, B.C. He says, "This patio area was pieced together over a couple of months with granite stones found in...
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A simple tuteur for annual vines
2 commentsIf you'd like to add a bit of last-minute verticality to a garden bed, try making this simple tuteur for an annual vine. Choose a spot, collect a bundle of bamboo stakes, and loosely press them into...
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An ode to copper
2 commentsCopper is the name of the game in this little vignette designed by Beth Giebel in New Milford, Connecticut. In it, she combines a ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius cv., Zones 3-7), a sneezeweed...
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A stunning and functional garden focal point
2 commentsWhen we first featured this birdhouse on the cover of the December 2000 issue of Fine Gardening, the FG office got dozens of calls from gardeners wanting one just like it. Years later, this garden...
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A simple structure makes a big impact
2 commentsAt the Vesper Hill Chapel garden in Rockport, Maine, a simple bamboo trellis is used to serve as a visual end to this garden space. It's a simple way to add interest and boundary without spending a...
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Use paint to make a splash
2 commentsIn the vegetable garden at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boyleston, Massachusetts, a bean tower isn't just functional, it's a colorful focal point. Welcome to the Fine Gardening Garden Photo of the...
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