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Design
How to Make Changes to an Overgrown Garden
Twenty years ago, I began to create a long flower border against an old stone wall that runs along the west side of our 1760s Cape Cod–style house. Big skies,…
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Design
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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Design
Heritage and Habitat
Today we’re visiting with Kat Kinch. We found our new home early in the pandemic, when lockdowns made clear that our well-loved bungalow was too small for our future. A…
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Design
Two Ways to Add Mass Plantings Without Breaking the Bank
Look no further than the theater if you want to add some real impact to your perennial or flower garden. After all, a garden is essentially a living stage, so…
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Design
Planning a Garden From Scratch: Notes From Designing a Painter’s Garden
When the time came for me to transform a 90-year-old putting green into a perennial garden on my family's three-generation plot, I froze. As a designer, I usually seek out…
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Collection
10 Expert Tips for Designing Your Garden
In an ideal world, everyone would be able to hire a designer to help with big garden decisions. But in reality, most of us end up doing our own design…
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Design
Expert Design Advice: Think Long-Term When Planning Your Garden
When it comes to big-ticket items, like a patio that will define a key outdoor room, irrigation that must be installed before anything else, or slow-growing evergreens that will be…
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Design
5 Ways to Boost Your Winter Garden in the Northeast
I don't know about you, but once winter arrives here in the Northeast and the leaves have fallen off all of the trees, my eyes focus on things I just…
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Kitchen Gardening
Resolve to Garden for Good in 2019
What gardening resolutions do you have for this year? If eating more vegetables is at the top of your list, you’ve come to the right place.
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Design
Lessons Learned From a 25-Year-Old Garden
Mary and Lew Reid never looked back after abandoning a beautiful established garden to start from scratch. But when you’re moving from a densely shaded garden at the foot of…