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DesignHappy Earth Day GPOD!
Hi GPODers and Happy Earth Day! Today is the 55th annual celebration of Earth Day, which marks and serves as tribute to the start of the modern environmental movement in…
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DesignSpring and Summer 2024 in Nancy’s Massachusetts Garden, Part 2
Hi GPODers! As promised yesterday, we're back in Hingham, Massachusetts with Nancy Mellen to see more photos of her garden in spring and summer of last year. If you missed…
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DesignSpring and Summer 2024 in Nancy’s Massachusetts Garden, Part 1
Hi GPODers! My favorite kind of spring cleaning is the type that shakes the dust off and uncovers gems that we lost in the bustle of busier times. When sorting…
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ArticleEarly Spring in Beth’s North Carolina Garden, Part 2
Hi GPODers! Welcome to day 2 of spring in Beth Tucker's garden in Waxhaw, North Carolina. Yesterday we admired Beth's incredible assortment of camellias, irises, flowering quince and magnolia, but…
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DesignNoninvasive Alternatives to Privet Hedge
With origins as far back as the Bronze Age, hedges were used to corral livestock to protect crops, defend land from invaders, and, eventually, define the boundaries of property and…
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DesignEarly Spring in Beth’s North Carolina Garden, Part 1
Hi GPODers! Ready or not, spring is here! Despite our best intentions, spring is almost always frantic and feverish with warmer weather bringing a slew of garden chores and social…
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DesignLast Year’s Gardening Season at the 45th Parallel
Happy Monday GPODers! Today we're getting an update from Susan Warde in St. Paul, Minnesota, a frequent contributor to Garden Photo of the Day (check out some of her previous submissions…
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DesignThe Best New Plants for 2025
It takes a lot for editors of gardening magazines to get excited about a new plant. Perhaps it’s because we see so many offerings crash and burn within the first…
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How-ToHow Are Disease-Resistant Plants Created?
Plant breeders work to develop disease-resistant plants using a mix of traditional breeding and hybridization techniques. By selecting the strongest traits and enhancing natural defenses, they can create plants that…
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DesignDisease-Resistant Alternatives to Problem Plants
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been asked what product should be used on a lilac to stop powdery mildew, I’d be on a beach somewhere tropical,…
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