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GPOD Vignettes: Small Gardens with Big Impacts

Happy Friday GPODers, and welcome to our second installment of GPOD Vignettes! In case you missed it, check out our first installment of this series here: GPOD Vignette #1. When…
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Fabulous Flowers in Anna’s Wisconsin Garden

Hi GPODers! Today we're off to Wisconsin to get an update from Anna Tsai's garden (you can check out earlier posts of Anna's garden here: 21 Years of Hard Gardening…
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The Small World of a Japanese-Style Courtyard Garden

Hi GPODers! Today we've got an incredible garden story from a frequent GPOD contributor that is a demonstration of how magically small our big world can be. Bas Suharto has…
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Claire’s Garden Renovation in Minneapolis

Happy Monday GPODers—hope you all had a fabulous weekend and, for those of us facing heat waves, are staying cool!! When starting a restoration, renovation, or upgrade project it can…
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Spring in Alice’s Ontario Garden

Hi GPODers! Today we're getting an update from a frequent GPOD contributor, Alice Fleurkens in Ontario. This is Alice again, from Sweaburg, Ontario. Here are some recent pictures of my…
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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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Not Only Violets Are Blue: Part 2

Hey GPODers! In case you missed yesterday's post, we're swimming in a sea of blue, thanks to the many early bloomers from Kathy Schreurs's fantastic garden in Iowa. It’s been…
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Not Only Violets Are Blue: Part 1

Hi GPODers! Wednesdays can bring on the midweek blues, but Kathy Schreurs is helping us see "blue" in a whole new light. I’m Kathy Schreurs from northwest Iowa, where our…
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Native Plants That Do Well in Poor Soils

If only every garden was blessed with free-draining, loamy soil with the perfect pH and balance of nutrients. Life would be so easy and the choice of plants gloriously abundant.…
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GPOD on the Road: Cincinnati Wildflowers

Joseph here, your GPOD editor. Last week I was in the Cincinnati area for a work project, and I took some time to hike in a few area parks. It…

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