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Easy Garden Simulations - Win A Free Design Book!
2 commentsWhat if you could simulate the garden of your dreams using software you already have on your computer? Imagine experimenting with flower and foliage combinations without spending a dime on a single plant or digging a hole? Grab a hot cuppa cocoa and read on...
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ANDREA: It's a plant. It's an air purifier. It's both.
Designer Mathieu Lehanneur and Harvard professor David Edwards have designed a product that takes the natural filtration process of a houseplant and kicked it up a notch.
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My favorite Fine Gardening articles ever!
3 commentsRecently Steve Aitken, FG’s editor, asked the FG editors to name our favorite article from the past 20+ years of FG. That’s a tough one! Rather than just one, I thought I’d share my favorite 10 from the last few years. We have published over 130 issues, after all. Some of these are online now, so you can check them out right away. Here goes (in reverse chronological order)!
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Wrapping Up Raleigh - Really!
6 commentsMy September trip to Raleigh NC was a fading memory until I ran across these fab photos of the plants and people who made the visit so special.
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November Inspiration: The Fifth Season
2 commentsAs the first frost landed on my car window, I knew I would soon be called into action. Even though the ground temperature kept the frost from the garden, the need to put the garden to bed for the...
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Fine Gardening's "The Autumn Garden" Contest Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER. Entries for this "The Autumn Garden" Contest (the "Contest") will be accepted during the period beginning at 12:01 a.m. ET on November 1, 2009 and ending at...
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A Garden Tour Guide is okay...
But I like to go at my own pace. That's why Scott Arboretum has made my list of awesome gardens to visit.
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Planting Design Lessons from Raleigh NC
3 commentsBlessing or curse, I find it difficult to look at a garden without awakening the design teacher in my brain. A voice in my head instantly starts deciphering the visual principles in place as if I were explaining the tableau to my students. I imagine it’s no different for a film critic enduring their brother-in-law’s home videos. Join me as I cruise this lovely garden and share a few design ideas you can use in your own garden.
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Win a copy of Designer Plant Combinations!
170 commentsThis book resonates with me on many levels - visually elegant, clearly and buoyantly written and chock full of down-to-earth plant information. You can win your own copy just by leaving a comment about your own garden combos.
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A garden to grow with
2 commentsThe kids' garden at Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh is a deight for young minds.
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Botany of Desire on PBS
2 commentsDo we control plants, or have they been shaping us? This is the intriguing question Michael Pollan poses in Botany of Desire, airing on PBS on October 28. The documentary, based on Pollanrsquos...
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And the winner of the September photo challenge is...
Congratulations to Anne Clark (anneclark) for her winning entry in the September "Summer Combinations" Photo Challenge: Colorado Colors. We asked Anne to tell us a little about herself.
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Could YOU Keep A Straight Face? Coyote Pee Interview
6 commentsWelcome to another fun article and interview from my recent visit to the Garden Writers Association trade exhibit in Raleigh, NC. With my nose for news, I sniffed out this promising product, a predator-pee infused pellet that triggers the natural fears of many garden pests, including deer, woodchucks and mice.
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The Youthful Face of Farming
1 commentI like to see that farmers aren't a dying breed. There are still plenty of young dreamers out there who like to get their hands dirty.
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Bovine Biscuits Get a New Lease on Life
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” That is the essence of one of the exhibitors that Kate Frank and I visited in Raleigh last week. Darn! Now I have to delicately bridge the thought of lemonade and cow manure.
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October Inspiration: Fall for Fragrance
2 commentsThe air of October is filled with fragrance. Off in a distance and next to the deck, designing with fall fragrance completes a fine design. The fall finds us in the garden more; relaxing...
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What plant(s) did you kill this year?
20 commentsI had the pleasure of attending the Garden Writers Association Symposium in Raleigh, NC, last week. One of the many highlights of my trip was finally meeting some of the writers and bloggers I "know"...
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