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(This is the third in a series about the English Gardens Tour I led from May 16-27, 2018. Remember that you can click on any of the photos to view a larger image.) At noon on May 16th, we met up with my tour group at Spokane International Airport, full of excited anticipation about the coming days. After so many […]
Read more(This is a continuation of my tales about the English Gardens Tour I led from May 16-27, 2018.) I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you more about the wonderful tour escort we had. While Cosetta Zanobetti was born and raised in Florence, Italy, she has lived in England for many years and really knows her gardens! As an avid […]
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I’ve just returned from the most delightful trip to England. For it, I led a group to see some of the most iconic English gardens and boy, did we have a lovely time. In the coming days, I will be writing posts about the English Gardens Tour so be sure to keep an eye on this blog. Remember that you […]
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I have some very cool news to share with you today! I will be leading an English gardens trip to see some of the most stunning gardens next spring. To say I am excited about this would be the understatement of the year! I have partnered with local travel agent Val Day. She has been in the business for over […]
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In early August, I traveled to Buffalo, NY, for the annual conference of the Association for Garden Communicators (formerly Garden Writers Association). In addition to attending workshops and networking with my colleagues, we were all treated to visits of private gardens that were a part of this year’s Garden Walk. It has been billed as “America’s largest garden tour.” If […]
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Next Sunday (July 30) is the date for this year’s Coeur d’Alene Garden Tour and you won’t want to miss it! There will be 3 gardens featured and one of them belongs to Duane and Lola Hagadone. In my column today, I’ve written a preview of the tour so you know how special this will be. Here is a link […]
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All good things come to an end, right? Well, that holds true for my garden. I just finished shooting the video for my last vegetable garden tour of the 2016 garden season. We’ve had two killing frosts so far, which means most of the garden is done. Take a look at the video below. You’ll see how everything looks at […]
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There’s garden decor, and then there’s garden decor! I attended the garden writers’ conference in Atlanta last month. We were treated to several tours of amazing, private gardens. These tours always provide me with sources of inspiration. Even when their growing conditions aren’t anywhere near the same as mine. All of us can use extra inspiration, right? In this post, […]
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This summer, I’ve been taking you along on a vegetable garden tour about every 3 weeks. I can scarcely believe we’re at the end of August already, but I think you’ll see some changes in my garden for this 4th tour: With September just around the corner, I’m really starting to focus on harvesting as many crops in the next couple […]
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Hi, everyone. This year, I’ve been filming a vegetable garden tour about every 3 weeks so you can see how things are growing. I hope you’ve been enjoying these videos. I’m always amazed by the transformation that takes place in a garden each growing season. Plants that were puny in early spring are suddenly thriving and bearing fruit. Little problems […]
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