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Understanding Seeds and the Pandemic Seed Shortage

When one gardener realized there was no seed available to order, she panicked and then began asking questions. Her new book offers some answers.

Why Are People Still Pressing Flowers? It’s a Form of Storytelling.

For 500 years, we’ve documented the science and beauty of the natural world by pressing plants. It’s a tradition that anyone can join.

How to Create an Ecologically Responsible Garden That’s Also Beautiful

Having an ecologically responsible landscape doesn’t mean you need to get rid of your favorite plants: “It’s about letting things in.”

How the Creators of Innisfree Garden Used Light to Create Magic

Innisfree, in Millbrook, N.Y., “doesn’t look like other gardens.” That’s by design.

At Stoneleigh, Landscaping With Native Plants Is Possible

If you can create a native garden that looks at home on the grounds of a historic Philadelphia Main Line estate, you can do it...

What Makes a Garden a Work of Art? Piet Oudolf Explains.

The noted designer of the High Line has wisdom to share with other gardeners: “I put plants on a stage and let them perform.”

How Do You Create a Container Garden? Start Here.

From the choice and arrangement of your pots to how you think about what goes in them, one garden designer has some advice for you.

How to Choose a Houseplant for Your Home

Rule No. 1: “You don’t have to just have a plain-Jane green plant.” But here’s what you do have to do — to find the...

Meet Ira Wallace, the Godmother of Southern Seeds

For a quarter of a century, Ira Wallace has nurtured seeds and gardeners: ‘When you say her name in our community, all this love comes...

It’s OK to Get Carried Away When You’re Shopping for Flower Seeds

Here’s how to make sure those impulse catalog purchases result in happy surprises — not buyer’s remorse.
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