Formal Garden
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DesignSallie’s Pandemic Garden Project
Sallie Boge is sharing her garden with us today. We garden in Riverside, a nearby suburb of Chicago (Zone 5a–6b). In April 2020 we constructed two new 11x16 garden beds…
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DesignGPOD on the Road: Reynolda Gardens
Amy Birdsong is taking us along to this beautiful garden today. My husband and I moved our youngest back to college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this weekend and stayed overnight…
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DesignNemours Estate Brings Formal French Elegance to the Mid-Atlantic
Nemours Estate, once the country home of Alfred I. duPont, is located on 300 acres in Wilmington, Delaware. Both the mansion and the beautifully interpreted formal French gardens that surround…
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DesignPatti’s Garden Before and After
Today we’re visiting Patti’s garden in Guilford, Connecticut. Growing up, I read about a garden like this while sitting on the floor in Accra, Ghana. Now in America, I have…
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ArticleGarden Inspiration From British Columbia, Part 1
Today’s photos come from our good friend Cherry Ong: I had the good fortune to revisit the Gardens at the Government House in Victoria, British Columbia, recently and thought I…
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DesignAdapting English Elegance
It took about five years and two road trips through England before Anne Campodonico was ready to start her garden. True, the Kentfield, California, mother of three wasn’t in a…
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DesignWhere Formal and Natural Meet
Everyone has been to a house that has a “do-not-touch” room in it. It might be a living room with plastic covers on the couches or a dining room with…
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Plant GuideDahlia ‘Zorro’
Dahlia 'Zorro'For a change of pace, 'Zorro' looks fantastic floating stemless in a bowl of water.
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Plant Guide‘Cornelia’ Hybrid musk rose
Rosa 'Cornelia'This old-fashioned looking rose has a bicolor look with its clustered coral buds and pink double flowers with copper centers.
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Plant GuideJapanese holly
Ilex crenataThis dense, evergreen holly reaches 6 to 10 feet tall and at least as wide.
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