Botanical Gardens - Fine Gardening

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    GPOD on the Road: Hershey Gardens, Part 2

    Happy Friday, GPODers! We're wrapping up this week with some bonus pictures from my trip last year to Hershey Gardens. After checking out the endless rose varieties and meandering through…

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    GPOD on the Road: Hershey Gardens, Part 1

    Hi GPODers! As an avid traveler, I'm more than happy to continue Joseph's "On the Road" series and feature gorgeous gardens you and I have experienced while traveling or exploring…

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    GPOD on the Road: University of BC Botanical Garden

    We’ve visited Susan Esche’s home garden before (A Garden Wedding, the Flowers, and the Deer), but today she’s taking us along to visit a public garden in Vancouver, British Columbia.…

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    GPOD on the Road: Return to the Bellevue Botanic Garden

    A few weeks ago, frequent GPOD contributor Cherry Ong took us along on her visit to Bellevue Botanical Garden in Bellevue, Washington (GPOD on the Road: Bellevue Botanical Garden) but…

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    GPOD on the Road: Bellevue Botanical Garden

    Friend of the GPOD Cherry Ong is taking us along today to visit Bellevue Botanical Garden in Bellevue, Washington. The flowers and glaucus leaves of Rudbeckia maxima (Zones 5–9) stand…

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    GPOD on the Road: Caribbean Gardens

    Hello, I’m Lisa Remby. I have shared photos of my Zone 6b Massachusetts garden on GPOD before  (A New Garden in Massachusetts). Recently, my husband and I visited two gardens…

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    A Visit to Yampa River Botanic Park

    What a long, beautiful fall we had in the Mountain West last year! I was fortunate to be able to explore a bit of Colorado in September and revisit the…

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    GPOD on the Road: Entry Garden Walk at TBG

    We’re in the North York neighborhood of Toronto this morning, where Cherry Ong is sharing photos of the Entry Garden Walk at the Toronto Botanical Garden. The Entry Garden Walk…

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    Olbrich Botanical Gardens: A Must-See Midwest Destination

    Visiting public gardens is a fantastic way to gain gardening inspiration, information, and ideas—not to mention a wonderful way to just relax and soak in the beauty of a locale.…

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    A Summer Tour of the University of California Botanical Gardens

    One of the most diverse landscapes you’ll ever visit, the University of California Botanical Gardens were originally established in 1890 in order to create a living collection of the native…