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This is a special Valentine’s edition of our Thursday garden makeovers.   It’s pretty flowers and charming white walls in an epic terraced garden that are so Valentine’s cheery. But mostly, I picked it because of this – this is Rebecca & Staffan’s wedding picture — right there in the under-construction garden next to the […]

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Staghorn fern (platycerium bifurcatum) with large, brown shield fronds and green, antler-like foliage fronds.

Fall is slowly changing over to winter here in Maine. I have a long list of designs to work on and plant catalogs to pore through in the coming months. Being inside during the winter months is also a great time to dream of new gardens and fun displays. One display I have toyed with […]

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Close-up of a green fern leaf with distinctive spore patterns on the underside.

Asplenium scolopendrium is an interesting fern.  It is native to England and the US. If you are growing Hart’s tongue fern in your garden, it is likely the British native, prized for its hardiness and reliability and common in European gardens. The true American version (asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum) is, however, quite rare. The distinguishing […]

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How this front garden became a multi level entry.

Want to see how this garden unlocked the many of the design secrets for integrating outdoor stairs with the natural surroundings? This Nashville house was a bit of a hot mess when Modfrugal bought it. Built in the 1970’s it had hardly been updated since. The whole house has undergone a complete re-do – but […]

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With gardening season bashfully waiting for its time to shine, I thought I’d write a post about planting flowers. And how the before and after of just adding a few plants can be quickly transformative. I always have a hard time committing to those little tiny flowers that come in those black trays of 6 […]

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A close up of four leaf clovers. oxalis shamrock

I’m finding the ever-increasing variety of oxalis  (commonly called Shamrocks or Wood Sorrel) available to gardeners very inspiring. In the last decade (or so) it seems like the color and shape choices have exploded – there is – literally – a whole rainbow of elegant and interesting options.     So, in honor of all […]

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