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    Summer and Fall in Maria’s Garden

    I am Maria and I live in the southwest of the province of Quebec, Canada, Zone 5. I want to add that my husband is in charge of the grass…

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    Visiting Sylvia’s Garden

    Cherry Ong is a frequent GPOD contributor, sharing both her own beautiful garden and those she visits on her travels. But she also helps out in her friend Sylvia’s garden…

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    Revisiting Marina’s Garden

    We’re in Beeton, Ontario, today, visiting Marina. We’ve been to her beautiful garden before (Marina's Garden in Beeton, Ontario) when it was just a few years old, and we’re back…

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    Fall in Anne’s Northern Garden

    We’re off to Canada today to visit Anne’s garden. You have visited my garden before (A Garden That Works With Nature Instead of Fighting It). We are located not far…

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    Cherry’s Summer That Was

    Cherry Ong is taking us on a look back at her garden over the past summer. I bet you’re all enjoying autumn but somehow miss summer. I miss this summer…

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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: 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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    Agaves in Ontario

    Alice Fleurkens in Sweaburg, Ontario, has shared her garden with us several times on the GPOD, but today she sent in some photos of a friend’s garden, which is just…

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    Five Years in a New Garden and Climate

    Joan Galloway is sharing the most recent phase of her gardening life with us today. I gardened for 30 years in British Columbia’s Pacific Northwest region near Vancouver. It is…

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    Keith’s Japanese-Inspired Garden

    Keith Irvine, in chilly Zone 3 in Canada, shared his gorgeous vegetable garden with us last week (Keith's Vegetable Garden), and today we’re visiting a different section of the garden.…