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Fine Gardening – Issue 218
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Re: GPOD on the Road: Vancouver Garden Tour, Part 2
Cherry - I enjoyed looking at all the photos. I especially liked the one with the containers on the steps. Am also glad the link was provided to the feature on Pam's design ideas. I have a new garden and reading the ideas and looking at the photos was helpful.
Posted: 12:54 pm on March 8th 2024
Re: GPOD on the Road: Here Come the Podophyllums, Part 2
Gorgeous. Tranquil.
Posted: 09:13 am on March 15th 2024
Re: Best Books About Plants, Gardening, and Gardens
Handy for plant nerds to have when trying to describe or identify plants: Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, by James G. Harris and Melinda Woolf Harris, several editions e.g. 2001 ISBN-10 : 0964022168 ISBN-13 : 978-0964022164 If you want simplicity and some ideas for plant layout and composition, look at: Five-Plant Gardens: 52 Ways to Grow a Perennial Garden with Just Five Plants, by Nancy J. Ondra (Author), Rob Cardillo (Photographer), 2014. ISBN-10 : 1612120040 ISBN-13 : 978-1612120041 Naturalistic Design, an article by Kelly D. Norris, in the May/June 2021 issue of The American Gardener simplified the layering principles of matrix, structure, and vignettes - for me. I know Norris has his own book - which I have, and I realize he has been featured in Fine Gardening as well. Favorite garden nostalgia book: Two Gardeners: Katharine S. White and Elizabeth Lawrence, A Friendship in Letters by Katherine S. White (Author), Elizabeth Lawrence (Author), Emily Herring Wilson (Editor) SBN-10 : 0807085588 ISBN-13 : 978-0807085585 "A legendary editor at The New Yorker during its first thirty-four years, Katharine S. White was also a great garden enthusiast. In March 1958 she began publishing her popular column, "Onward and Upward in the Garden." Her first column elicited loads of fan mail, but one letter in particular caught her attention. From Elizabeth Lawrence, a noted southern garden writer, it was filled with suggestions and encouragement. When Katharine wrote back her appreciation, she reported on her Maine garden and discussed the plants and books that interested her. Thus began a correspondence that would last for almost twenty years, until Katharine's death in 1977." Favorite humorous vintage garden book set in England: Down the Garden Path, by Beverley Nichols, 1931. Allways trilogy #1 https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/59389.Beverley_Nichols Favorite article ever from Fine Gardening is: How to Reduce Maintenance Some time-saving tactics can make your garden easier to care for By Sydney Eddison Fine Gardening - Issue 112 https://www.finegardening.com/article/how-to-reduce-maintenance
Posted: 01:09 pm on March 26th 2024
Re: Lady Slippers in Massachusetts
Hi, Michael - thank you for sharing the Cypripedium acaule - well spotted! I would have liked to have read something of your gardening experience and even how humor may fit into how you garden at home. So many surprises in the photographs and text today.
Posted: 11:39 am on April 11th 2024
Re: Lady Slippers in Massachusetts
Sandalia pubescens? ; - )
Posted: 01:19 pm on April 11th 2024
Re: Cacti and Succulent Gardening in Connecticut
Kaitlyn - welcome and best wishes in your new endeavor as editor of Garden Photo of the Day. I hope regular contributors and readers who have only lurked in the past will get their cameras out and share their gardening stories and photos with us.
Posted: 05:24 pm on May 8th 2024
Re: A Cut-Flower Garden for the Community
Thank you Elizabeth and Sue for this awesome gardening story.
Posted: 11:01 am on May 9th 2024
Re: Not Only Violets Are Blue: Part 1
Kathy - I enjoyed reading your gardening story and looking at all the photos. Thank you for sharing!
Posted: 02:00 pm on June 5th 2024
Re: Fran’s Island Garden
Fran - thank you for sharing! I don't think I have ever seen such a good looking patch of ajuga. I also clicked on the links to see other views of your garden.
Posted: 11:02 am on June 10th 2024
Re: Not Only Violets Are Blue: Part 1
user-6841468 - I would imagine that Garden Photo of the Day really does not get enough appropriate photographic submissions these days, so that the editors have been featuring the same garden over two days if the person submitting sent over e.g. nine photos. Fine Gardening is a business first and they monetize - although sometimes with the warm and supportive comments here it feels more like a friendly personal social media site. This is my opinion only - I don't work for FG.
Posted: 10:59 am on June 6th 2024