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Fine Gardening scoops The New York Times -- by 7 years

comments (3) February 10th, 2011 in blogs

SteveA Steve Aitken, editor
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 Click the image to enlarge. Photo: Stephanie Fagan

Anybody who has ever worked with or for Fine Gardening knows we move more like the proverbial tortoise than the hare (and let's remember who won that race). Pictures need to be shot a year in advance, thus the articles need to be written even earlier. But sometimes, we are ahead of the game. Take this recent article by The New York Times. We published something on the same topic with Piet Oudolf (same format, too) in 2004.

Maybe we aren't that slow.


posted in: winter interest, winter gardening, Piet Oudolf, fall interest

Comments (3)

circulating writes: I just read the NYT piece last night and was thrilled to find it. Now I am overjoyed to find your story and even better because it has lists! Posted: 10:06 am on February 14th
SteveA writes: Leucothoe fontanesiana and Stipa tenuissima covered in frost. Posted: 4:17 pm on February 10th
gloryglory writes: The picture is beautiful, the purple with the grayed white. and the textures are great too. So what is it? Posted: 1:43 pm on February 10th
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