botanic gardens

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    GPOD on the Road: University of BC Botanical Garden, Part 2

    We’re back with more from Susan Esche’s visit to the beautiful University of British Columbia Botanical Garden in Vancouver in early September. It is open to the public and has…

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    GPOD on the Road: The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland

    My name is Joan Ganley, and I live and garden in Calgary, Alberta (Zone 4). But today I would like to share pictures taken during a trip to Ireland in…

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    Inspiration from Desert Botanical Garden

    If there’s one thing we love doing, it’s exploring new gardens. While in Phoenix, we took the opportunity to pop into the famous Desert Botanical Garden for a bit of…

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    Gateways to Gardening Through the University of Tennessee

    Every state in the South is unique. And each Southern state experiences different growing conditions as you move from one end of the state to the other. Tennessee is a…

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    Visit Your Local Botanic Garden

    Last weekend was the You Can Grow It! Festival at the U.S. Botanic Garden. There was a good turnout and visitors got to pot up an herb plant and a…

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    Summer Vacation to Canada

    I recently did a road trip to Toronto with herbalgalpals to attend the International Herb Association's annual conference. Here are a few highlights--gardens for you to visit vicariously, or next…

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    The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

    Betsy Collins, Director of Horticulture for The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, walks us through the gardens and facility dedicated to the conservation of California native plants. There are more than 6,000…