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Garden Design
16 Native Perennial Alternatives for Common Garden Plants

Trade Overused Garden Staples for a Native Perennial Native perennial plants offer a simple yet transformative way to enrich both the beauty and biodiversity of your garden. Incorporating natives is…
Garden Design
‘Burgundy Blast’: A Baptisia That’s Worth Making Space For

Plant ‘Burgundy Blast’ baptisia once and enjoy this purple beauty for years to come The first time I grew a baptisia, it ended in heartbreak. It started as love at…
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Woodland Garden Secrets: How to Design a Lush, Peaceful Shade Retreat

Woodland Garden Beginnings When my husband and I moved into our new Northern Virginia home in 2017, we were presented with a blank slate full of weeds. The soil was…
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Ergonomic Gardening Tools to Help You Get More Done

Reduce Fatigue with These Ergonomic Gardening Tools The right tools can make gardening easier on your body and more enjoyable. Amy Galloway, a horticulturist at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center…

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Touring an Eco-friendly, Shady Backyard Retreat

You must be careful when you enter the backyard of garden designer Jeff Epping—not because you’re likely to trip on something, but because you might be dive-bombed by a pair…
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4 Midsummer Favorites from a Plant Breeder's Garden
Super Cool Plants - The Podcast

Super Cool Plants Episode 3: Plants We Covet 
Garden Design

How to Achieve a Cohesive Garden Design with Color, Texture, and Repetition
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Behind the Scenes of Plant Evaluation at Chicago Botanic Garden Trials

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Let’s Argue About Plants

The podcast for people who love plants but not always the same ones

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Episode 1: Super Cool Plants - Underappreciated Native Plants

On this premiere episode of Fine Gardening’s newly redesigned podcast (formerly known as Let’s Argue About Plants), our expert guests join us from two widely acclaimed botanical gardens specializing in native plants.

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