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Sweetly Scented Tulips
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10 Perennials Easily Grown from Seed
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Garden Catalog Collector
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Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
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Cool-Season Annuals
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All About Starting Seeds
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Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
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Spectacular Spring Bloomers
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Soil Testing is Worth the Effort
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Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
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15 Deer-Resistant Plants
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A Gardener's Checklist for Early Spring
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Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
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Design an Engaging Entryway
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Find the Perfect Tomato
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Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
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Enchanting Japanese Maples
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Dumber Than A Potted Plant? Not So Fast
2 commentsA drizzly day in San Diego, a camera, and mass confusion about what to write about. Then I noticed what brilliant structural engineers plants could be. It's all about resisting The Big G -- GRAVITY!
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Flowers From A Bad Sci-Fi Flick
11 commentsEvery once in a while I run across a plant I just can't figure out how to use. The other-worldly flower of Puya alpestris dazzled and confounded me once again.
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You Love To Garden--Are You Ready To Turn Pro?
18 commentsThe big news from my San Diego visit was that this professional economist, wife and mother had just enrolled in the horticulture program at Cuyamaca Community College, majoring in landscape design! There’s an enthusiastic “I can DO this” demeanor that pours from Roberta Correia and convinces me that she will soon be a force to be reckoned with.
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Enter the world of sustainable gardening with Billy Goodnick's "Cool Green Gardens" blog. Billy lives in Santa Barbara, CA, and delivers a West Coast perspective on landscape design that will translate into your own backyard. Check out CGG for great ideas on reducing your impact on the environment and creating a landscape that is an extension of your home.Billy Goodnick, a landscape architect, educator and writer, shares the wisdom he has gathered from thirty-five years of retail nursery sales, landscaping, designing and teaching. He'll challenge your assumptions while putting a smile on your face with his off-the-wall humor.
Whether you're seeking to fine-tune your existing garden or are starting with a clean slate, Cool Green Gardens is your go-to resource for sustainable ideas, innovation and inspiration.
