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  • Front window box with lots of different foliage plants
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    Melina’s Seattle Area Garden

    My name is Melina. Welcome to my Zone 8a garden in the Seattle area. It has been a few years since I have shared photos of my garden with you…

  • garden bed with pink flowers and yellow ornamental grass
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    High Summer in Alice’s Garden

    Alice Fleurkens is welcoming us into her Sweaburg, Ontario, garden today. It has been a bad year for bugs—thousands of Japanese beetles it seems—and they eat, and eat. It is…

  • garden bed with lots of conifers and some red flowers
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    The Pearsons’ Sustainable Home Garden

    Today we’re visiting Yvette Pearson. The gardens at the Pearson home reflect the many memorable years with our family and friends. When we moved here in 1988, our love of…

  • garden at sunrise
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    Summer in Kristen’s Garden

    We’re visiting Kristen Rembold’s beautiful garden today. Hello! It’s 90°F here in Virginia, and the gardens are lush and brilliant. Three of my grandchildren are spending July with us, and…

  • Textured Plants that Steal the Show
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    Textured Plants That Steal the Show

    While color and form were important factors in choosing the plants, a mix of bold and fine textures makes the backbone of the ­design. Here are some of the most…

  • urban garden design for a modern home
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    A Stunning Modern Landscape Design for a Contemporary Home

    This modern Seattle home was built on a bluff overlooking Puget Sound in Zone 8b. When I first took on the project, the steel-and-glass house stood on a dirt-and-gravel work…

  • Episode 133: Spring Combos
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    Episode 133: Spring Combos

    To gardeners, spring is the signal of something big to come. It kicks off our season. For the next several months we will primp and preen our beds to maximize…

  • large rose bushes with red flowers
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    Wendy’s Albuquerque Garden

    Hi! My name is Wendy Blair, and I’m a Master Gardener from Albuquerque, New Mexico. My family moved here from Los Angeles in 2011 and bought a home on an…

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    Rethinking a Mature Garden: Tour with Laura Trowbridge 

    Author Laura Trowbridge got readers thinking about how to use annuals in Fine Gardening #177, then she showed us how to make changes as a garden matures in issue #210.…

  • close up of pink, blue, purple, and white flowers in summer
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    Northford Garden

    Today we’re visiting with MJ McCabe. We purchased this property in Northford, Connecticut, about 40 years ago. It was a former apple orchard. Gradually, the ancient apple trees started to…