Design: Shade

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    Best of the GPOD: Stunning Shade Gardens

    This week we’re going to do something a little different on the GPOD: We’re going to be looking back over the years of gardens we have shared and pull out…

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    ‘Royal Blue’ European Wood Anemone Is an Early Spring Gem

    Spring! There’s no time of year I like more. After I’ve been wallowing through the doldrums of winter for months, my anticipation is palpable. Waiting with bated breath for all…

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    GPOD on the Road: A Hosta Lover’s Garden

    We’re continuing to enjoy Cherry Ong's pictures of a tour of gardens organized by the Vancouver Hardy Plant Society. Today's photos are of a hosta lover’s garden. Pairing deep blue-green hostas…

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    32 Plants for Sun and Shade That the Deer Won’t Devour

    Deer have always munched on garden plants, but due to continued loss of habitat and natural predators, deer populations and their garden-devouring forays are on the rise across the United…

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    More in Sally’s Maryland Garden

    We’re back today in Phoenix, Maryland, visiting with Sally Barker. She’s shared her garden with us on the GPOD in the past (Sally's Garden in Maryland, Up Front , Sally's…

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    Sally’s Garden in Maryland

    Today we’re in Phoenix, Maryland, visiting Sally Barker’s beautiful garden: While my garden has been featured many times on GPOD (Sally's Garden in Maryland, Up Front , Sally's Maryland Garden),…

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    GPOD on the Road: Here Come the Podophyllums, Part 2

    We’re back for more of Cherry Ong’s visit to a great garden today, one that she saw on a tour organized by the Vancouver Hardy Plant Society last summer. This…

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    GPOD on the Road: Here Come the Podophyllums!

    We’re visiting another garden with Cherry Ong today, one that she saw on a tour organized by the Vancouver Hardy Plant Society last summer. This is a collector’s shade garden,…

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    Spring Versus Summer in Dale’s Garden

    We’re visiting with Dale Dailey today. Our garden is well established and located in central Michigan near Lansing. It has been featured in the GPOD in the past (Dale's Garden…

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    How to Design a Serene and Immersive Garden Oasis

    I was painfully shy as a child, often taking refuge in the forested greenbelt adjacent to our suburban backyard. It was the early 1970s, before children were kept on a…