shade garden - Fine Gardening

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    GPOD Vignettes: Containers and Arrangements

    Hi GPODers, and happy Friday! I’m back with another installment of GPOD Vignettes, a compilation of submissions too short for their own post but still worthy of sharing. To catch…

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    Lynn’s Garden in Ontario

    Hi GPODers! We started our week in Alice's Ontario garden, and we're staying in the province to visit Lynn Fournier and her lush landscape. She transformed her garden into a…

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    Silvia’s Garden in Pittsburgh

    Happy Monday GPODers! We're starting the week off in Pennsylvania, visiting Silvia Speyer's lush gardens full of flowers and an array of fantastic foliage. My 1/4 acre garden is located…

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    “Pandemic Gardeners” Four Years on in Rhode Island

    Happy Monday GPODers! As I'm sure most of us remember, when we were all encouraged to stay at home during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic just a few years…

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    Rabbits and Their Leftovers in Maxine’s Garden

    Happy Monday GPODers! We're starting off the week in Rotterdam, New York, visiting the garden of Maxine Brisport. Maxine has shared her beautiful garden with us several times in the…

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    A Spring to Remember in Bonnie’s North Georgia Garden

    Happy Monday GPODers! Today's submission is an extra treat for me because we're getting an update from Bonnie Plikaytis and her incredible woodland garden in north Georgia. Back in early…

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    Lush, Big-Leaf Plants for a Shady Pacific Northwest Garden

    If you’re a sun-loving gardener, finding yourself presented with a woodland garden or an otherwise shaded area of the landscape can feel a little overwhelming, and maybe even disappointing. But…

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    Best of the GPOD: Stunning Shade Gardens

    This week we’re going to do something a little different on the GPOD: We’re going to be looking back over the years of gardens we have shared and pull out…

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    Gardening Side by Side

    We’re visiting with Susan Warde in St. Paul, Minnesota, today. We’ve visited her garden before (The Summer That Was at the 45th Parallel and Rose Family Members in Susan’s Garden),…

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    GPOD on the Road: A Hosta Lover’s Garden

    We’re continuing to enjoy Cherry Ong's pictures of a tour of gardens organized by the Vancouver Hardy Plant Society. Today's photos are of a hosta lover’s garden. Pairing deep blue-green hostas…