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Though I have been unlucky growing Liatris in my own garden (apparently, young plants are a rare delicacy, voraciously enjoyed by New England woodchucks), I have successfully placed Liatris spicata in many of my client’s gardens. It is my go-to plant for a planting plan that needs a little excitement and something to draw the eye up. […]
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I am deep in the throes of a design maelstrom. New planting designs are flying at me from every direction, like the tornado in The Wizard of Oz. Our theme this summer at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is about pollinators and pollinator plants. I am on the docket to teach a course on butterfly garden […]
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Over to the west we go with Genevieve Schmidt, author of North Coast Gardening– master of fine gardening and always a generous sharer of her endless knowledge. Here’s Gen….”I’ve always been a ridiculous reader and I’m honestly a bit surprised to have found myself working outdoors and in design, rather than owning a children’s bookstore […]
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You guys know Megan and Matti (from Far Out Flora) right? You have got to see where their passion for succulent gardens landed them… I shared this yesterday (but with different images) on my Gardenist column at Apartment Therapy….but I love it so much I am going re-share this sweet story here too. It all […]
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What were you like ‘back in the day’? Goth, Valley, Stoner, Jock? Something else? Me? I was some weird Denver thing that involved high hair, shoulder pads and Wranglers. I have no idea what you might have called it — but it definitely wasn’t punk. Now, if I were to indulge in a theme persona […]
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Yesterday, I opened my inbox to find an email from Danny Cullerton from Aristata Land Arts. She sent along a series of before & after photos from one of her recent projects in Portland, OR, and I know you guys are going to love the makeover! The landscape surrounds a beautiful old Victorian house, and […]
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