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Design
3 Gorgeous Planting Plans for a Late-Summer Show
There's a reason they call these the dog days of summer. Much like our overworked air conditioners, our gardens are now looking rather exhausted. Soaring temps might be good for…
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Design
Adding Annuals to Your Garden: Six Inventive Ideas
We’ve all seen them: the giant swaths of annuals demanding our attention with their ostentatious colors—in parking lots, at park entrances, lining the walkway to every local bank. They are…
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Design
Design for a Late-Summer Show
Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, has a truly spectacular trial garden. For the past several years, this space has served as a design laboratory where the garden staff can…
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How-To
Dye Easter Eggs in Nature’s Hues
This year, color your Easter eggs with dyes derived from garden vegetables, berries, coffee, tea, or spices. Learn the method, and get a recipe for a basic egg dye and…
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Design
A Strategy for a Long Border
Repeating colors, textures, and forms creates a whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts
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Design
Creating a Scene
This designer relied on six strategies to design a garden full of head-turning vignettes