Late Summer Garden - Fine Gardening

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    Paula’s Ottawa Garden After a Wet Growing Season

    Happy Monday GPODers! We're starting the week off in a garden we've seen a couple of times in the past. Paula Brown gardens in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and creates beds,…

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    Tingshu’s Front Garden in Late Summer

    Hi GPODers! We're back in the gardens of Tingshu Hu in Dunstable, Massachusetts. In case you missed it, yesterday we got a late summer look at her back gardens. Today,…

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    The Pinks and Purples of Autumn

    Hi GPODers! Today we're getting an update from Jane Watkins in upstate New York. Jane has shared her garden a few years in the past (check out those submissions: A…

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    GPOD on the Road: Chanticleer in Late Summer

    Happy Friday GPODers! We've got another submission from friend-of-the-blog, Carla Zambelli Mudry. However, we're not getting an update from her garden in Malvern, Pennsylvania this time. Instead, Carla is sharing…

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    Late Summer in Patsy’s Garden

    We’re visiting with Patsy LaHue today. My husband and I (80 and 84) have been gardening in Grand Junction, Colorado, since 1976, when the hill was nothing but 2,000 elm…

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    Celebrating End-of-Summer Beauty with Maxine, Part 2

    We’re back for a second day of enjoying the beauty of late summer and early fall in Maxine Brisport’s Rotterdam, New York, garden. Classic blooms of the late summer garden…

  • hostas and yellow flowers along a garden path
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    Celebrating End-of-Summer Beauty with Maxine

    Today we’re in Rotterdam, New York, visiting with Maxine Brisport. Each year I gaze in wonderment of the beauty that graces my upstate New York garden—from the brilliant yellow of…

  • bright pink begonias growing underneath various shade plants
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    Late Summer in Michigan

    Today we’re in Nella’s Michigan garden. Usually my spring garden is my favorite. It's a lovely welcome to the new gardening season after a cold, gray Michigan winter. This year…

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    End of Summer in Carla’s Garden, Part 2

    Today we’re back in Carla Z. Mudry’s garden in Malvern, Pennsylvania, celebrating the blooms of the end of summer. Azaleas (Rhododendron hybrids, Zones 6–9) are traditionally a feature of spring…

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    3 Gorgeous Planting Plans for a Late-Summer Show

    There's a reason they call these the dog days of summer. Much like our overworked air conditioners, our gardens are now looking rather exhausted. Soaring temps might be good for…

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