Online Features and Extras from Fine Gardening #219 coming soon!
Rock Gardening 101 Video
With his extensive expertise and passion for alpine and xeric plants, Panayoti will introduce you to the fundamental principles of creating and maintaining a stunning rock garden. Learn about plant selection, soil preparation, and design techniques that transform rocky terrains into beautiful, low maintenance landscapes. |
Tropical Plants Collection
Immerse yourself in the world of tropical plants with this captivating collection of articles. Whether you’re looking to create your own garden of Eden or seeking inspiration for an indoor jungle, you’ll find care tips and design ideas to help you. |
A Grass-Forward Landscape Design – Plant ID’sDiscover the key species that bring life and movement to this thoughtfully curated space, designed by Susan Calhoun. From feathery ornamental grasses to vibrant flowering perennials, incorporating these stunning plants into your own landscape design is sure to bring it to the next level. |
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All Fine Gardening Online Magazine Extras
Here’s where you’ll find all of our web extras for our magazine issues. Serve yourself up a platter of a little something extra with the following articles!
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Listen to interviews with fabulous guests on the Fine Gardening podcastAssociate editor Carol Collins interviews Jay Sifford in this special episode of Let’s Argue About Plants. Jay is an award-winning landscape designer from North Carolina who specializes in immersive, naturalistic landscape designs that are based around four cornerstones: art, magic, story, and horticulture. Jay offers insights into the ways that these elements can be incorporated into a truly personal garden space. With these planting plans, you can’t go wrongNaturalistic Shade Garden Plant IDs Jeff Epping’s garden is a master class in how to work with the landscape to create a naturalistic, attractive, and welcoming garden. See what plants Jeff used in his design, and learn how to create the same gorgeous combinations of color, texture, and form in your own backyard. Plant IDs are featured from three areas of the garden: the upper perennial border, the section surrounding the sunken ‘ha-ha’ garden, and the beds near the front porch. Use these callouts to recreate the designs or find a new favorite plant to add to your own garden. Video tour: Jeff Epping’s gardenJeff Epping is the principal designer at Epping Design and Consulting and the former director of horticulture at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin. Given this background, it’s no surprise that his home landscape is something special. In the video, Jeff walks us through this amazing space, buzzing with activity. Garden Tools with Multiple UsesThese versatile tools are worth every penny. |
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Get serious about deterring deerNo one wants to see their hard-earned garden treasures become a deer’s next snack. If you’re fed up over losing the battle with these hungry herbivores, check out “Deer Food Alternatives” in this issue. And if you’re looking for even more information and inspiration, we’ve amassed a collection of articles that include deer-proof designs, effective deer deterrents, and even more deer-resistant plant suggestions. Find fabulous plants from featured gardensDesigning for Impact Over the Long Haul Plant ID’s Discover the plants that have stood the test of time in Donald Pell’s high-impact but low-maintenance garden, which is profiled in “Designing for Impact Over the Long Haul.” Optimize a Small Space Plant IDs Then get inspired by the multitude of plants in Susan Morrison’s small but mighty garden featured in “How to Get a Small Space to Work Harder.” Online Courses from Fine GardeningThis season we’re adding more classes to our library of garden knowledge. Continue your horticultural education with multipart courses produced by Fine Gardening and presented by plant experts, educators, authors, and cutting-edge designers.
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Web Features:27 Exceptional Garden Plans from Our Most Beloved GardensTransform your space with design ideas taken right from our most popular featured gardens. Explore a collection of planting blueprints where the expertise of professional designers is translated into an actionable road map.
Gardening Buyer’s GuideFind products and plants that would be wonderful additions to any garden. Get inspiration and discover items that will take your garden to the next level, make your work easier, and add the color or interest you want.
Online Courses from Fine GardeningThis season we’re adding more classes to our library of garden knowledge. Continue your horticultural education with multipart courses produced by Fine Gardening and presented by plant experts, educators, authors, and cutting-edge designers. |
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Web Features:Deep Borders Let You Have It All: Plant IDsSee the plant IDs of this garden to learn the names of some plants that provide friendly screening, year-round interest, and spectacular midsummer color in this beautiful Midwest garden. Captivating Combination: Cold-Hardy Cacti and SucculentsThis extensive unirrigated planting of cold-hardy cacti and succulents basks on a warm south-facing slope in the Undaunted Garden at the Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins, Colorado in zone 4b/5a. More web extras: A Stunning Fall Bouquet with Annuals 4 Midsummer Favorites From a Plant Breeder’s Garden
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Web Features:Tour a Stunning New England Garden That Peaks in FallJoin designer Bruce Lockhart as he shares some colorful moments from his New England landscape, which peaks in autumn. Get a close-up look at plant combinations that shine when everything else in the garden is calling it quits. Hedges: Choices with environmental benefitsTo read more about the research conducted by Dr. Blanusa and her colleagues in Green Heroes: Plants Making a Positive Impact on the Environment on the positive impacts of hedges, visit the RHS website. More web extras: |
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Web Features:Video Tour: Urban Rooftop Pollinator GardenTake a tour through a magical pollinator garden located atop a multistory apartment building in the middle of Chicago. Dealing with Summer Diseases – Further ResourcesAuthor Janna Beckerman recommends two publications created and distributed by Purdue University’s cooperative extension service.
Planting Plan for a Landscape Design for a Challenging Area and ConditionsHot summers and long wet winters are a piece of cake with this garden’s refined plant palate that unites a modern aesthetic with nearby wildlands. More web extras! Fill the Native Niche in Your Yard – Regional Collection Listen to Episode 139 of Let’s Argue About Plants: Favorite Succulents
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Web Features: Video: Jen Kettell’s Pruning KitHaving the right equipment will help to ensure pruning success. Here are the basic tools to get the job done right.
Planting Plan for a Bold, Modern GardenHere are some of the dynamic plants that grow in the front and back of this city garden. Container Gardening Project GuideIf you’re looking to up your container gardening game, we can help you achieve a season filled with incredible-looking pots. More from the web LET’S ARGUE ABOUT PLANTS PODCAST: Spectacular Combos |
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Web Features: Beautiful and Functional PathwaysAt the heart of every great garden is at least one pathway. Learn more about creating picture-perfect pathways here. Related Content: 20 Great Plants for ButterfliesBring beauty and pollinators to your garden with a mix of these of annuals, perennials, and woody plants. Learn more about creating a butterfly haven here.
Garden Design Ideas That Work (Garden Masterclass)This three-part series, done in partnership with UK experts from Garden Masterclass, includes lectures on reimagining the mixed border, planning a small urban garden, and digging into the herbaceous design process. |
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Find inspiration and items that will take your garden to the next level, make your work easier, and add the color or interest you want. Related Content: Planting Plan for a Mature Garden Makeover In the article How to Make Changes to a Mature Garden, Laura Trowbridge explains how her long border acquired its present appearance. Planting Plan for a Geometric Garden In this post, you’ll find some plant identifications for two key areas of the geometric garden: the pool and the bed with the zigzag border. |
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Tour a Garden That Perfectly Balances Hardscape and Plants
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Tour a Naturalistic Garden With Great Structure
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Key Concepts for Designing a Garden Within the Woods
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How to Use Hostas in Garden Design: Plant IDs
Related Content: Behind the scenes at Fine Gardening Even more shopping list plants
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Video: Tour a Sustainable Backyard Retreat
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A Garden Design with Lots of Hardscape and Plants – Plant IDs Related Content: |
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Web features: Sign up for Fine Gardening All Access now and see new members-only regional content.
See Related Content: Seed Starting Conifers Outside Entertaining |
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Fine Gardening #190 |
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Web features: Sign up for Fine Gardening All Access now and see new members-only regional content.
See related content: Deer-Resistant Combinations Beautyberry Short Plants |
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Fine Gardening #189 |
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Web features: See winner and entrants into the First Signs of Spring photo contest, sponsored by Monrovia. Sign up for Fine Gardening All Access now and see new members-only regional content.
Best New Hydrangeas High-Impact Garden Design Plant ID’s from High-Impact Garden Design A Stylish Raised Bed that Almost Anyone Can Build |
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Web Features: New ‘My Region’ section of the Fine Gardening website offers continuous and relevant expert gardening advice for your area.
Collector’s Chaos More Photos + Steve’s take on collecting. Extended Salvia Trial Results Chart See how all 107 plants fared in this head to head competition. |
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Web Features: New ‘My Region’ section of the Fine Gardening website offers continuous and relevant expert gardening advice for your area.
After the Storm – Web Extra: A Garden Recovery Story from the author of ‘An Open Invitation’. ‘An Open Invitation’ Plant ID’s: See which plants are planted where in this beautiful garden. ‘Two Takes on a Courtyard Garden’ Plant ID”s: Which plant varieties make this courtyard entryway stand out? |
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Web Features: Announcing our first ever Fine Gardening Seminar Series, March 15th, 2019 ‘Good Design is Worth the Wait’ Garden Tour Slideshow How to Grow and Harvest Your Own Salad Mix Video: See how assistant editor Carol Collins grows her own salad mix from seed to harvest. |
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Web Features: The Winter Collection – Our favorite selections from past Garden Photo of the Day submissions.
Broadleaf Evergreens Web Extra: Let’s Argue About Plants, Episode 26: Broadleaf Evergreens The Science of Pruning Web Extra: The Ultimate Guide to Pruning Tips and Techniques Discipline, Grace, and a Little Open Space Web Extra: |
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Web Features: Winter Squash, Divide Dahlias, Winter Containers, and Cold Frame Slideshow
Garden Experience Web Extra: Elements of Great Garden Design Molinia Web Extra: Dry Shade All Stars Web Extra: End of Season Native Plants Web Extra: Free PDF Download – Best of the Best Regional Plants 8 Trellising Ideas that Work Web Extra: |
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Plant ID’s from a Water-Wise Garden that Works
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