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Best New Plants for 2023: Exciting Options for This Season
Something unique happened this year when the editors here at Fine Gardening started reviewing the new offerings from various plant breeders: We found ourselves adding more items to our spring…
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Gardening Buyer’s Guide 2023
I don't know about you, but I'm ready to get outside and get my hands into the warm dirt. Gardening season can't come soon enough this year. In the meantime,…
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Get New Ideas from the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival
One of my favorite things about February has always been the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival in Seattle. I first attended back in 1999 and could hardly believe my eyes.…
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Finding Inspiration in Unexpected Places | Letter from the Editor
One of the worst parts of being a garden editor/photographer is visiting gorgeous spaces around North America and not being able to share the experience in real time with anyone…
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Profiles in Botany: Margaret James Murray Washington
There is a Holy Trinity of work done by hand that the most revered Black rural Southern women—ones that have been given sainthood status in the community—have all seemed to…
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Olbrich Botanical Gardens: A Must-See Midwest Destination
Visiting public gardens is a fantastic way to gain gardening inspiration, information, and ideas—not to mention a wonderful way to just relax and soak in the beauty of a locale.…
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Engineering an Artful Garden – An Interview with Chen Choo
Chen Choo is a retired nuclear engineer with an artist’s eye and a passion for collecting plants. He and his wife, Linda, have created a garden in southern Ontario filled…
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Favorite Mid- to Late-Spring Gardens from Garden Photo of the Day
I love the chance from time to time to put together these collections of some of my favorite GPOD posts from the past. It is so fun looking through the…
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Summer-Dry Gardening, Part 2: Bringing Inspiration Home
The summer heat is really upon us now in the Pacific Northwest. July and August represent the hottest times of the year. It’s when we often have a few days…
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Inspiration from Garden Photo of the Day
The submissions we receive for our Garden Photo of the Day (GPOD) blog never fail to amaze us. Gardeners from all over the world show off the amazing work they…