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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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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 and 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. In […]
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One of the great things about traveling to other countries and visiting other gardens is that you get a lot of wonderful ideas to put 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. As I glance through the nearly 1,000 photos I took, 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 of all, if you love gardening — and I’m […]
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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. But I wanted to write about and share photographs from something I repeatedly saw in some of the beautiful gardens I visited: the use of natural materials for plant supports and/or […]
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There’s garden decor, and then there’s garden decor! During the garden writers’ conference I attended in Atlanta last month, we were treated to several tours of amazing, private gardens. These tours 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? So, in this […]
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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… when they’d hold still long enough, that is! This beautiful orange-and-black butterfly (photo to left) is a Gulf Fritillary. And the top photo is of a Zebra Heliconium. Whenever I […]
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Continuing with tales of our recent two-week trip to Georgia, I wanted to show you a 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! This 10-acre garden is the collaborative effort of Savannah-area garden clubs and admission is free, […]
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