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Mum mystery

Every year I purchase my beautiful fall mums and within a couple weeks they are brown and dying. I try... The post Mum mystery appeared first on Kentucky Living.

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People talk of lovely gardens,...

Shaded groundcovers

My grandparents are buried on the side of a hill in an old Bell County, KY cemetery. Large trees keep... The post Shaded groundcovers appeared first on Kentucky Living.

Strawberry success

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Alex Slazenger: Head Gardener at the Powerscourt Estate

Early mornings in the garden are just one of the things that keep Alex’s passion alive. As the head gardener of the Powerscourt Estate, he takes every opportunity he can to get his...

Readers’ Tips: 5 Clever Garden Ideas

Get great advice about how to organize your tools, grow mint in a container, and more

Anything you want me to pick up for you while I'm in California?

Last month, while I was in Seattle visiting friends, my phone lit up with texts from my friend Eric. He was in Southern California, and sending images of his extreme plant adventur...

The Next 10 Garden Photos of the Day

By reader request, we’re heading back to January 2010 to see what came next in the GPOD archives

Crunch Time

The Doctor Is In: Advice on Giving Your Indoor Plants the Best Care

The owner of two Manhattan plant shops finds that education is the biggest part of his business. tending to houseplants and their owners.

What is Your Zodiac Garden Sign?

Close your eyes and imagine your dream garden. Perhaps you’re picturing a vast plot with endless, perfect rows of bountiful produce, thriving and twinkling beneath the sun like a M...

Garden (or DIY) hand tool Name please

Oh I agree but you have to have the grass in the beginning to do that and mine is none existant even though I see it in other people’s gardens.

Sudoku Garden

Plants tracked the final hours of an enigmatic man's life.

Trädgårdens nästa kapitel

Vänner, nu behöver jag er hjälp! Jag söker en erfaren trädgårdsarkitekt eller trädgårdsdesigner som delar samma filosofi, känsla och inspiration som t e x Ulla Molin, Zetas Trädgår...

The city gardener: Order now, enjoy later 

Bulb catalogues are a lovely seduction: all those luscious, full-colour blooms, yours at the wave of a credit card

A Landscape Designer’s Advice For Starting Your Garden This Spring

Creating a garden can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re not sure where to start, or which plants will thrive in your space. But according to naturalistic garden designer Ti...

Good Gardener

The worst thing about living next door to a good gardener is that the grass is always greener on the other side.

Plant This, Not That

Who can resist the home supply stores, nurseries, and even supermarkets all seeming to burst with eye-catching blooms, winter vegetables, shrubs for every nook and cranny, and tree...

Questions! Green onion growing, EZ pass transponders, teaching, and more

I'm catching up on reader questions again today. Let's go! Do you plant your onion ends in dirt or let them sprout in water? I've never had much success planting the ends either wa...

Garden (or DIY) hand tool Name please

No, it cannot stop to pull a weed out

Garden (or DIY) hand tool Name please

Well, I actually like weeds—that way I don’t have to fight them ! I have them in my lawn, but I admire their flowers. I think I identify with them; it’s my rebellious side. And as...

A Front Garden Designed for Fall Color

Repeated colors and contrasting textures carry this New Jersey border into autumn

is a backyard greenhouse in your future? with leslie halleck

IS A GREENHOUSE in your future? I’ve never had one, and I have always been not-so-secretly jealous of friends who do—whether to propagate their seedlings in late winter into spring...