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Today’s a two-fer! Not only is my garden column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review, but there’s also my Travel article on our recent trip to England. In it, I share my experiences while visiting several wonderful gardens along with a tip on how to get in as many gardens as possible without having to pay admissions fees! Here’s a […]
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This is going to be a short post but I definitely wanted to share this with you. I’ve seen a lot of different tomato supports over the years but this one caught my eye during a recent trip to England. We had the opportunity to visit the Eden Project in Cornwall. I plan to write a blog post on it soon […]
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Oh my. I’ve recently had one of those life-altering garden experiences. I am delighted to share it with you in my column today. It’s about my recent visit to the David Austin Roses display gardens, located in Albrighton, England. Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review. Home visit with breathtaking views of Austin roses. (or […]
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One of the great things about traveling to other countries and visiting other gardens is that you get wonderful ideas. Then you can put them into practice in your own garden. Today, I want to show you some of the crop protection covers I saw while traveling through England last month. I’m referring to the methods gardeners used to keep […]
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In June 2017, my husband, sister-in-law, nephew and I took a two-and-a-half week trip to England. I took nearly 1,000 photos! It amazes me how much we managed to see and do in that amount of time! Here are some thoughts from our travels in England: First, if you love gardening, the very best months to see gardens are June and […]
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I’ve recently returned from a wonderful 2-week trip to England. It’s been fun sharing some of the things I saw with you through Facebook over the past few days. I wanted to write about something I repeatedly saw in some of the beautiful gardens I visited. That was the use of natural materials for plant supports and/or keeping pests away […]
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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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Who loves butterflies?! I would guess everyone thrills to see them in their garden. While touring our way through Georgia recently, I saw all sorts of beauties and enjoyed photographing them. That is, when they’d hold still long enough! I thought you’d enjoy seeing some of the butterflies of Georgia in this post. This beautiful orange-and-black butterfly (photo to left) is […]
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I’m continuing with tales of our recent two-week trip to Georgia. Wait till you see this beautiful small garden that Bill and I visited. It’s the Savannah Area Council of Garden Clubs Botanical Garden. And yes, that’s a mouthful, but what a gem it was! Garden history This 10-acre garden is the collaborative effort of Savannah-area garden clubs and admission […]
Read moreLook at these gorgeous Victoria lily pads at Longwood Gardens! Wow. It’s two-fer Sunday! First I wrote my garden column for today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review (see post). Then I wrote a travel article about our trip to see the amazing Pennsylvania gardens. Here’s a link to it: A gardener’s vacation. Hope you’ll enjoy the photos that accompany it as […]
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