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    Plants That the Herbivores Will Avoid in the Northeast

    Fionuala Campion says in her article, Dazzling Deer-Resistant Perennials, "Though very graceful and delightful to behold in their native habitat, deer are a voracious force to reckon with in many…

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    Last Year in Angela’s Garden

    My name is Angela O’Brien-Ruff, and I live in Seattle, Zone 8b. I have contributed to GPOD a couple of times over the last few years. (Check out her previous…

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    Fall in Nicki’s Garden

    Today we’re in Lake Bluff, Illinois (north of Chicago), visiting Nicki Snoblin’s garden. I am often attracted to pristine garden beds filled with colorful and unblemished flowers and foliage. This…

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    Wendy’s Cottage Garden

    We’re in Wendy Lagozzino’s beautiful garden today. I have an English-style cottage garden surrounding a house built in 1900. Back in the 1980s, I changed the landscape during a remodel…

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    Flowers from Clay

    My name is Beth O'Brien, and I live in a Zone 6b location in Fort Erie, Ontario. We purchased this new home five years ago, and the yard was a…

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    Wild but Wonderful

    Today's photos come from Deb Skup. I have submitted photos before of my garden in the woods near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. When I was starting my gardens 25 years ago,…

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    Inspired Plant Combinations

    We’ve visited Syd Carpenter’s beautiful Philadelphia garden several times, and I’m always happy to go back and be inspired by her sharp sense of design and beautiful plant combinations. Here,…

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    Brilliant Fall Color

    Today we’re traveling to the Pacific Northwest, where Gail Barnard gardens just south of Portland, Oregon. And we’re going to step back in time to when, Gail says, she enjoyed…