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  • bright red and green blown glass leaves in the bog garden
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    Back in Jay Sifford’s Beautiful Bog Gardens

    Today we're exploring more of Jay Sifford's lesser-seen back garden. We've toured and featured the award-winning landscape designer's immaculate stylized meadow front garden, but now we're wondering why the blooming…

  • spring ephemerals in the garden
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    Spectacular Spring Ephemerals in Jay Sifford’s Back Garden

    It's always a treat when award-winning landscape designer Jay Sifford sends in photos of his fabulous home garden in the mountains of North Carolina. Today we have an extra-special treat:…

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    Episode 158: Plants That Earn Their Keep with Irvin Etienne

    Irvin Etienne is the curator of herbaceous plants and seasonal garden design at Newfields, a 152-acre campus with art galleries, performance spaces, world-class public gardens, and a nature park in…

  • close up of light purple Giant waterleaf flowers
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    GPOD on the Road: Wildflowers of Southern Indiana

    It is your GPOD editor, Joseph, here today, sharing photos of more wildflower adventures, this time in southern Indiana. It is amazing to me what beautiful flowers I saw and…

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    Touring a Serene and Immersive Garden Oasis

    When you first arrive at the home of Curtis Steiner, you’re not exactly sure you’ve found the right address. His storybook home sits off the main street, and the entrance…

  • close up of light purple woodland phlox blooms
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    GPOD on the Road: Cincinnati Wildflowers

    Joseph here, your GPOD editor. Last week I was in the Cincinnati area for a work project, and I took some time to hike in a few area parks. It…

  • Daphne juliae covered in pink flowers
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    Tiny Treasures in Brigitta’s Garden

    Brigitta Stewart, the owner of the small mail-order nursery Arrowhead Alpines in Michigan, has a garden full of tiny treasures, many of them very rare—special plants that you don’t see…

  • various houseplants climbing up and trailing down a pillar
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    El’s Dream Indoor Garden

    My name is El, and I have always been surrounded by plants. My original interest in succulents and the fun in propagating them led me to creating my dream indoor…

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    Ebony’s Favorite Succulents

    I’m Ebony, and I’m from southwestern Louisiana. I’ve been growing succulents for nearly six years, and it’s been such a great hobby for me. I’m a wife, mom, and pharmacist,…

  • rose covered in yellow blooms growing across a porch fence
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    Connie’s New Garden

    Today’s photos are from Connie Raines in Georgia. I am a hobby gardener and a professional interior designer. I learned about plants and flowers while tending my own small city…