Meadow Garden - Fine Gardening
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Kathleen’s New Meadow Garden in Washington
Happy Monday GPODers! We're starting the week with some fabulous garden inspiration, particularly for new gardeners or anyone having to start from scratch. Kathleen Shelman is giving us a detailed…
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Tips for Designing a Meadow Lawn
I’ve designed, installed, and continue to manage two meadow lawns to date. Through these gardens, as well as my own study in nature and research in references, I’ve learned a…
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Bitterroot Secret Garden Tour: A Nurseryman’s Expansive Garden
Happy Monday GPODers! This week we have a special treat courtesy of Kielian DeWitt, President of the Bitterroot Secret Garden Tour™ in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. What began…
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Charlie’s Wonderful Wyoming Garden
Hi GPODers! So far the theme of this week's submissions is garden beauty despite challenging conditions! Yesterday we saw how Fran's garden stays lush despite lots of deer activity, and…
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Impressionism in a Meadow Garden
Today we're visiting TJ Mrazik's garden in Worcester, Pennsylvania. My home garden has won four Blue Ribbon awards from my state horticultural society. It is a naturalistic, meadow-style garden with…
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How to Use the Science of Plant Survival Strategies for a Healthier Garden
The biggest epiphany of my horticultural career was learning about plant survival strategies. Like most gardeners, I was accustomed to classifying plants as annuals, biennials, or perennials. But dividing them…
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Native Meadow Plants for Pollinators in the South
As pollinators disappear at alarming rates, maybe it’s time to set aside a little meadow in every yard—an area of space where native flowering plants and grasses can thrive and…
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Gardening in Altadena Meadows
Today we’re in Altadena Meadows, California, visiting Andrea Donnellan’s beautiful garden. This is a space she created with the designer Arturo Pedroza. He designed the garden and put in the…
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Tour a Modern Meadow Garden with Year-Round Interest
Meadow gardens have been a long-lasting gardening “trend” that many have rushed to embrace. But most spaces can look more wild than curated. This garden, owned by Jay Sifford, an…
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Planting Plan for a Stylized Meadow
In the article Designing a Stylized Meadow (Fine Gardening #209), garden designer Jay Sifford takes readers through the steps he used to turn a sloped front yard into a lush,…