Carol Collins
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Design
Growing Cuttings for Gifts
If you’d like to learn how to propagate new plants from cuttings, the best way is to just go ahead and give it a try. In this video, you’ll see…
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Design
Tour an Enchanting New England Garden on a Historic Vermont Farm
On a north-facing hillside in Norwich, Vermont, is an unexpectedly gorgeous and sophisticated landscape—the home garden of designer Bill Noble and his husband, Jim Tatum. This unique landscape was built…
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Design
Plants That Will Bring Multiseason Interest to Your Garden
If your planting lacks flair in certain seasons, try taking some inspiration from our list of favorites from this exceptional New England garden. ‘Goldtau’ tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Goldtau’)…
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Design
4 Planting Plans for Multiseason Garden Designs
On a north-facing hillside in Norwich, Vermont, mostly hidden behind a historic farmhouse and barn lies a gorgeous and sophisticated landscape. It is the home garden of designer Bill Noble…
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Design
Tour a Collector’s Garden Filled With Artful Plant Combinations
Chen Choo is a retired nuclear engineer with an artist’s eye and a passion for collecting plants. His garden in southern Ontario is filled with a fascinating mix of cold-hardy…
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Design
Tour a Sustainable Backyard Garden Retreat
A well-planned water feature will lend a restful, restorative atmosphere to almost any garden. Whether it is a simple birdbath or fountain, or a larger feature such as a pond…
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Design
Tour a Garden Where Annual and Tropical Plants Steal the Show
Annual and tropical plants can add extraordinary colors and textures to any garden, especially from late summer through early autumn, when many perennials fizzle out. In Fine Gardening issue #177,…
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Design
Seed-Starting Gadgets
Starting your own seeds is a great way to get a lot of plants for little money. But from sowing tiny seeds to prying seedlings out of flimsy plastic trays,…
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Design
Learn How to Make a Concrete-Leaf Planter
In Fine Gardening #200, Lisa Roper demonstrated how hand-cast leaves can create artful niches for drought-loving plants like succulents (8 Ways to Create Crowd-Pleasing Containers). If you would like to…
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How-To
4 Ways to Stake Tomatoes
Nothing tastes quite as good as a homegrown tomato. But there’s nothing quite as frustrating as having the rambling, fast-growing plants taking over a corner of the garden, flopping on…