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Design
Episode 156: Finding Design Inspiration with Jay Sifford
Jay Sifford is an award-winning landscape designer based in North Carolina. Several of his garden designs have been featured in Fine Gardening, including a one-of-a-kind modern meadow garden and a…
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Design
Episode 155: Deer-Resistant Favorites
One of the worst sights you can ever see in the garden is a plant that has been browsed by deer. (Note: We don't love the gentle word “browsed” in…
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Design
Episode 153: Compact Plants for Tight Spaces
Every gardener wishes they had 25 acres to garden on, right? Well, maybe not, but most of us do dream of a healthy amount of ground to build beds and…
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How-To
Episode 152: Best of LAAP—Best of Our Listener Q & As
One of our favorite things to do here on the podcast is dig through emails and social media shout-outs from our listeners. It is always nice to hear about what…
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Design
Episode 151: Underappreciated Plants for Winter Interest
During the winter months many plants reveal subtle patterns, fine details, and a new range of colors that help us to see familiar beds and borders with fresh eyes. This…
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Design
Episode 150: Design Rules of Thumb with Stacie Crooks
Stacie Crooks is a Seattle-based garden designer who has created beautiful, ecologically friendly, low-maintenance gardens throughout the Pacific Northwest. She is also a contributing editor for Fine Gardening magazine and…
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Design
Episode 147: Great Native Grasses
If you like the beauty and impact that ornamental grasses bring to a garden design, you will love the many shapes, forms, and colors that North American native species offer.…
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Design
Episode 146: Best of LAAP—Our Top 4 Plants
While searching through our archive of episodes recently, we discovered something: There are a few specific plants we just can’t stop talking about. As the years have progressed here at…
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Design
Episode 145: Great Plants for Grouping
Isn’t every plant great in a group? Well, the answer is no. Some plants are too vigorous in their growth habits to share the stage, while others are better if…
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Design
Episode 144: Plant This With That: Fall Edition
It is such a gardening triumph to put together a few plants that play nicely together and create a memorable vignette to mark the season. In this episode, Danielle, Carol,…