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I once posted about the plight of the Pacific Madrone trees on the property. Many of..
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Penelope Rose is a beautiful shrub rose which begins its bloom in May and will repeat..
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Blue flowers in the pictures are bluebells and, in some cases, arum lilies. Rock Garden Gentiana occidentalis:  *** Buds are..
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Yay... flowers on the way for 2013... worth waiting for!This post was published by Shirley for..
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Take a virtual tour of Winterthur Gardens and see the formal areas adjacent to the home...
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Our garden is poised at that moment when the autumn leaves blaze and fall, and the..
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One of the things I have always wanted to do in my yard is to have..
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Here is a recipe from the garden   Parsley salad is healthy and oh, so good!..
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Things are now starting to look green all over, a welcome reward for the spring clean..
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"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need" ~Marcus Tullius CiceroLittle..
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Unseasonably cool at the moment. Very green however.....
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And they're dancin' in our gardens. Salvia 'May Night'  Full Sun Attracts Butterflies and Hummingbirds Lobelia 'Techno Heat Electric Blue'  Low..
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Summer has arrived, with two beautiful June days so far – long may that continue! The..
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Visit the new location of Crafty Gardener. http://www.craftygardener.ca A blog, like life, is a mixture of all sorts of things. You think you are going down one road when all of a sudden you come across a curve and find yourself going off in a totally different direction. Be sure to check the Gardener Side tab at the top of the site to find plant profiles, seed..

I garden in the shadow of the Wasatch Mountains of Utah...

I decided to keep a blog when I bought a house to have a record of how it changes over the years I'm here. A lot of work still lies ahead, but small steps at a time whilst I get used to the responsibility of keeping your own garden after being used to having small Terraced gardens and working mainly from pots since leaving home. Getting..

My garden has peaty acidic soil and is near the Atlantic ocean, I have nearly an acre of ground with over grown grass and moss areas and heather on rocky ground both I am slowly removing, there are some pines that were already here and I have planted many trees around a wide boarder some have grown well some have not, some were blown..

Gardening, photography, reading, traveling, German Shepherds, volunteering, writing are my favorite things (after my family, of course). My garden is eclectic, spontaneous, everchanging...

I'm Beth--avid gardener for 25+ years, amateur photographer, and lifelong learner. I look forward to getting to know you and sharing knowledge and ideas about plants...

My 'garden' is a few container plants in my small yard...

I don't have my own blog. I look forward to visiting your gardens and enjoy beautiful flowers, grasses, birds and..