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Anyone for a Virtual Garden Club?
What better way to wile away the winter than by sharing garden stories, tips and books with friends?

Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill (Boston, MA) residents fashion hidden backyard gardens. Garden retreats come into being from small pieces of degraded urban soil and shaded settings.
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Hold a Plant Auction Fundraiser
A plant auction is an excellent way to raise money for a local garden club, association of gardeners, or community garden.
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Principles of Design
An introduction to the Principles of Design
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Sources for Beginners
As a beginning gardener you'll have lots of questions. Here are some sources you should investigate to help solve your problems.
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Tips to Find Free Perennial Garden Plants
It is easy to build a spectacular flower garden if you have an unlimited budget. With time and patience you can create the same floral landscape for very little money.
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Are You an Information Addict and a Gardener?
On-line information for gardeners.
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IT'S ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Fruit gardeners are generous people. They have the interests of the community at heart. Many people can benefit from all this generosity.
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New Gardeners
We no longer learn gardening from our parents, so learn where a new gardener can go to learn how to grow a productive and enjoyable garden.
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Spring Flower Events in Boston, 2009
After the ice and snow is gone, isn't it time to get out and see some flowers? Although there is no New England Flower show this year, there are still plenty of blooms.
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The Trade
Do you have extra to share? If so, doing plant trades can provide many opportunities to experiment with new plants.
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Unique Gifts for Gardeners
Is there agardener on the gift list waiting to be filled? Someone at home or work who loves plants? Here are some top gift ideas for that green-thumb person's present.
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Vast Horizons For Organic Gardener
Organic gardening is gaining favor at every level of communication. On the news, in magazines, at every type of gardening event, organic gardening is in the focus.
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Youth Clubs for Boys and Girls
Youth development clubs and programs are many and varied these days, and can provide immense enrichment opportunities for all children.
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Dave Learns Susan Killed His Family on Houswives
Bree learned Orson didn't just fall. Gaby turned her garden club in to a margarita party with the help of Tom. Carlos saw Lynette in all her glory.
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American Garden Museum
Read about my garden being included in the American Garden Museum. You can also learn how to submit your garden for inclusion.
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Beacon Hill of Boston MA
Visitors grasp the distinct quality of the Beacon Hill area during walking tours. Stable populations, historic architecture and urban horticulture add up to a community.
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Beacon Hill Public Garden Spaces
Residents of Beacon Hill's North Slope (Boston, MA) and civic and government groups work to transform derelict spaces and passageways into neighborhood garden spaces.
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Snapshot: Tamworth
Beautiful Tamworth offers scenic mountain vistas as well as quick access to the sparkling waters of the Lakes Region. It's a little piece of heaven on earth!
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Spring Garden Shows- 2002 Update
As winter wanes,the spring garden show season approaches. Spring shows offer hope to the winter weary heart, offer excellent opportunities for education, provide seeds for ideas, and introduce the gardener to new products for the upcoming season.
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Trees: The Gift of Love
Suggests an interesting way for gardeners and others to give gifts that keep giving and also aid the environment.
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The Flower and Garden Shows- Dreamers Paradise,The Flower and Garden Shows- Dreamers Paradise
February has arrived and so have the Flower & Garden Shows. Here is a review of the more prominent shows in and near the Mid-Atlantic region. Damn the Ground Hog, Let a little taste of spring warm your blood
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A Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Moving House
Caring for a garden is a labour of love, and leaving one behind can be a sad occasion. With careful planning, however, a new house means a new garden to cultivate.
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Daffodils, the Last Week in April
My mid season daffodils should be gone, but on April 19th and 20th, I was showing them in New Jersey and New York as my home show in Washington DC was long gone, and there was nothing for me to show.
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New York's Oldest Frame House
The Thomas Halsey Home in Southampton is New York's oldest frame house. Built by the 1660s, it has gone through cycles of neglect but is now restored and protected.
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Spring Sowing a Small Meadow in English Gardens
Rediscover nature this spring and get children involved in planting a wild flower mix, such as 'Farmer's Nightmare', to create a small meadow in an English garden.
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Historic Gardens and Landscapes
Historic and traditional garden landscapes in New England range from colonial times to modern times. Here is a survey of selected 17th to18th century landscape styles.
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How to Find Garden Information for Home
It is reliable garden information rather than green thumbs that guide gardeners to successfully grow plants. Here is how to find horticultural resources for gardeners.
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Become a Better Gardener
Become a Master Gardener. Not only will you gain valuable gardening knowlege, you will enrich the lives of other gardeners.
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Atlanta Dogwood Festival
This popular festival, over 70 years in the making, is now dog free but still as popular.
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Buying A Rose Bush
Buying a rose bush is an investment. Will it thrive and flourish in your flower garden? Follow these rose buying tips and be an educated rose consumer!
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Common Pests of the Backyard Apple Orchard
Some apple cultivars have great resilience to their insect enemies living in the backyard garden. Understand bad apples with this guide to common orchard problems.
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Dixieland Amusement Park and Ostrich Farm
Long before Walt Disney transformed a Florida orange grove into the nation's top tourist destination, Jacksonville was the place to go.
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Doors Open Toronto
You don't have to be an architecture snob to enjoy Doors Open Toronto. This annual cultural event has something for everyone!
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Gardening 101 for Active Seniors
Gardening is a fun and rewarding hobby for retirees that not only exercises the body, but it also gives the mind a workout as well. Here's how.
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How to Keep the Mind Sharp During Retirement
To help protect against certain neurological and brain disorders, retirees should keep their minds sharp through various cognitive activities. Here's how.
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Hydrangeas for American Gardens
Hydrangeas are the new green. Get the book, grow the shrubs. Delight yourself. Hydrangeas thrive in a cool and moist position. They also like rich, well draining growing mediums.
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Lunch in Falls Park in Downtown Greenville, SC
Walking into Mary's Restaurant at Falls Cottage feels like going to Grandma's for lunch.The warmth of the fireplace and the smell of baked desserts greets hungry patrons.
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Madagascar Buttercup
The story of the Clematopsis flower, a mysterious member of the family Ranunculaceae
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Moist Soil Loving Native Plants
A look at the native plants that like to have a moist soil. These plants are all native to the United States.
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Peas and their Five Common Pests and Diseases
Early and maincrop varieties of peas sown in the ground face five common pests and disease in the kitchen garden as the plants try to grow to maturity.
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Poppies and Landscape Design
Government and private groups work to bring color to highway and commercial landscapes. Annual poppies add flair and dazzle to large wildflower plantings.
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Apple Harvesting and Storage in October
Apples, on fruit trees grown in orchards, open yards and in containers, should be ripe and ready for harvesting and storing in October. Here's what to do this month.
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Applying the Principles of Design
I try to to show how the principles of design are applied by critiquing my floral designs from a small flower show.
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Arabia Temple in Houston – History 1941-1965
The events of December 1941 thrust the United States into World War II and started a new chapter in the history of Arabia Temple in Houston, Texas.
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Arbor Day - 2007
Arbor Day, observed in most of the U.S. A. on the last Friday of April, is the classic time to plant, nurture and celebrate trees. These articles offer celebratory ideas.
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Attending a Gardeners' Seed Swap
Exchange leftover seeds for some new varieties of flowers, herbs and vegetables at a community seed swap.
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Carolina Spicebush in Hedges and Natural Gardens
Carolina spicebush or sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus) and its cultivars are large, hardy, shade-loving shrubs at home in hedges, mixed shrub beds and natural gardens.
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Christchurch, Garden City of New Zealand
With its clear-cut backdrop of the Port Hills, Christchurch is a stunning city at any time of year. During the Festival of Flowers the spectacle is even more magnificent.
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Crape Jasmine
Invite this intoxicatingly fragrant shrub to your next party
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