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    Naturalistic Garden in New Jersey

    Today we’re in Hopewell, New Jersey, visiting with Courtney and Denys Turner. We have worked very hard to create hardy but beautiful perennial borders in our back and front gardens,…

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    GPOD on the Road: Visiting a Flower Farm

    Today Cherry Ong is taking us on the road to a flower farm she visited earlier this year. I've been curious about flower farms and so tried attending a flower…

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    Flowers and Visitors in Nancy’s Garden

    Today’s photos are from Nancy Stewart. I live near Syracuse, New York. I’ve been gardening most of my adult life. (I’m now 84 years old.) I am getting more into…

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    Gardening for Pollinators Without Sacrificing Beauty

    Today’s photos come from Harriet Robinson in Otisfield, Maine. She is sharing pictures of a great garden that shows that gardens built with native plants for pollinators can also be…

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    Careful Design for a Naturalistic Effect

    I’m always excited when I see an email from Istvan Dudas in the GPOD inbox. If you’ve missed previous posts from him, start here and enjoy. Istvan works as a gardener…

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    A Garden That Works With Nature Instead of Fighting It

    Today we’re visiting Anne’s garden on the outskirts of Ottawa, Ontario. Our garden is a happy mix of cultivated and naturalized plants situated on alvarlike terrain in a rural development…

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    21 Years of Hard Gardening Work Pay Off

    Today’s photos come from Anna Tsai of Bayside, Wisconsin. When we moved in twenty-one years ago, there were only a few hostas and some overgrown bushes. I learned that the…

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    Playful and Peaceful Garden Design

    My name is Bill Hodgeman, and I live in Sunderland, Massachusetts. I have been gardening since 2011 and working on my current property since 2015. I am passionate about creating…

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    The Flowers of August

    Welcome to Lila Johnson’s garden in Mill Creek, Washington (north of Seattle). Here are photos of what was flowering in her garden in August. An exquisite pure white Oriental lily,…

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    Having Fun Digging In

    My name is Kat, and I’ve been gardening for two years in a small town in Ontario, Canada. Our village is in a rural area, and I’m very lucky to…