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ARCHIVE OF POSTS
- Gardening
- 11 Garden Bloggers and Writers You Should Know
- Tour a Private Garden Near You
- Companion Planting Tips for Organic Garden Pest Control
- Tour a Private Garden Near You
- Dear Diary | Keeping a Garden Journal
- The Mole Man | Controlling Moles in the Garden and Lawn
- Garden Design Magazine Is Returning (Bigger and Better)
- Growing Thoughts | Garden Resolutions for 2014
- A Gardener Without a Wheelbarrow or Garden Cart
- Most Americans Interested in Composting, Survey Finds
- A Brief History of Intensive Gardening
- Fat Birds | A Gardener and the Local Avian Population
- Deer in the Garden | Oh, Dear!
- War of the Irises | Gardener Versus the Postman
- Beautiful Mess | A Garden’s Return to Nature
- A Burning Issue and the Virtues of a Garden Assistant
- The French Fungus Affair and the Rebirth of Organic Gardening
- The Top 24 Must-Have Mobile Apps for Gardeners
- Container Gardening 101 | Big Results in Small Spaces
- Landscape Fabric | It’s NOT the New Black
- Something in the Air | Stink Bugs Move From Garden to Home
Vegetables, Herbs & Fruits
- Digging It | America’s Home Grown Veggie Show
- New Garden Vegetables, Flowers and Herbs for 2014
- Vegetables and Herbs for Cold Climate Gardens
- Go Fig-ure | Too Much of a Good Thing
- Fall Bounty | Pumpkins, Winter Squash and Gourds
Flowers
- One of the World’s Rarest Flowers Stolen
- Slow Flowers | The Best Blooms, From a Plot Near You
- Toad Lily | Autumn’s Last Flower
- Mums the Word | To Live and Die With Chrysanthemums
- Full Bloom | Little Bluestem and Purple Love Grass
Plants, Trees & Shrubs
- Plant One on Me | The Magic of Mistletoe
- Keeping the Green in Holiday Evergreens
- How to Beat a Strawberry Tree
- Holiday Plant Care | Melinda Myers Shares Her Houseplant Survival Secrets
- Pumpkin on a Stick | Ornamental Eggplant
- Fall in a Nutshell | Walnuts in France
Food, Drink & Health
- Healthier, Earth-Friendly Valentine’s Day Chocolates
- Cancer-linked Coloring Agent Found in Soda Pop
- Sprouting | GMO Inside
- How Safe is Your Organic Chicken?
- Ginger and Cinnamon | Natural Healing Herbs
- 7 Free Natural, Organic and Healthy Food Apps You Should Know
- The Best Egg Nog Money Can Buy
- Bottoms Up | The World’s Best (Almost) Champagne and an Organic Alternative
- Tasting Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada’s Remote Food Frontier
- What You Should Know About ‘Free-Range’ Turkey
- Eating Nuts Leads to Longer Life, Less Cancer, Heart Disease
- Truth in Menus and Labels | Organic Salmon
- Garden to Table | Vinegars
- Six Healthy Chinese Super Foods
- FDA Seeks to Ban Unhealthy Trans Fats
- Sprouting | SPE Certified Food
- Garden to Table | Organic Apples
- FDA: U.S. Spice Imports Contaminated with Salmonella, Insects, Excrement, Hair
- Garden to Table | Olive Oil’s Slippery Slope
Photos & Garden Tours
- Wanderlust | New York Botanical Garden
- Taking a Walk Through a Historic French Garden
- Photo of the Week | A Faithful Re-creation of a Historic Greenhouse
- Photo of the Week | Impressive Garden Beds
- Photo of the Week | Red Cottage with a Grass Roof
- Digging It | Dallas Blooms with Birds in Paradise
- Photo of the Week | A Euro-Style Garden in the South
- Photo of the Week | A Casually Opulent Outdoor Room
- Photo of the Week | A Winery Mountain Garden
- Visiting Longwood Gardens at Christmastime
- Wanderlust | The Butchart Gardens
- Photo of the Week | A Hotel Garden in Southeast Asia
- Photo of the Week | A Garden Arbor and Lush Plantings
- Photo of the Week | A Grand Garden Shed
- Wanderlust | Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
- Photo of the Week | A South American Vegetable Garden
- Photo of the Week | English Country Estate Garden
Shopping
- The Tasteful Garden | Organic Vegetables and Herbs
- In Store | Detroit Garden Works
- Digging It | EcoScraps Compost Mix
- Lodge Cast Iron Skillet | A Pan for All Seasons
- 5 Great Gifts for Gardeners
- In Store | Door to Door Organics
- Digging It | A Sailing Bag for Garden Duty
- Now Showing | Gardens of the World
- Digging It | The Patriot Fire Pit
- In Store | Mouth Foods
Outdoors & Decorating
- Upcycled Garden Wares for the Potting Bench
- Outside In | Outdoor Room Inspiration
- Cultivating Your Surroundings | 5 Ways to Bring the Garden Indoors
Books
- Bookworm | Virginia Woolf’s Garden
- Digging It | Free-Range Chicken Gardens
- Bookworm | Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life
- Bookworm | Children’s Books for Gardeners in the Making
- Bookworm | The Signature of All Things
Personalities
- Refresh Your Garden Design | A Quick Q&A with Rebecca Sweet (Plus, Photos)
- Meet | Leslie Bennett, Co-Author of The Beautiful Edible Garden
Art & Crafts
- On a Pedestal | Lynn Karlin’s Vegetable Art
- Old Art Finds a New Purpose | The Floral Collages of Lauren Karnitz
- The Kissing Ball | A Holiday Decorating How-To
Lifestyle
- 10 Organic Resolutions Worth Keeping for Life
Urban Farming
- Now Showing | Growing Cities (with Urban Farms)
- In Detroit, Growtown Blooms
Miscellaneous
- Garda Dibble Tool, ThinkEco2 Planter and EcoScraps Giveaway
- Digital Wallpapers | Classic Outdoor Christmas Scenes
- Saying ‘No’ to Garden Gnomes?
- For Gardeners, a Shot at Finding a Dream Job
- Where’s the Buzz? Few Bees in the Garden
- Show Me Your Hands | Garden- and Weather-Proof Your Paws
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Tag Archives: photography
Photo | A Romantic Canadian Hotel Garden
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Posted in Garden
Tagged Canada, garden, gardens, hotel, niagara-on-the-lake, ontario, photo, photography, travel
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Photo | An Eco-Conscious Public Garden
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Posted in Garden, Uncategorized
Tagged botanical garden, Clark Gardens Botanical Park, garden, gardens, nature, photo, photography, public garden, purple cone flowers, Texas, water garden
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Dandelion | Harbinger of Spring
Our man in Europe, horticulturist Mike Alexander, on the season of the dandelion, the bane of gardeners everywhere.
Posted in Garden, Uncategorized, Weeds
Tagged Asteraceae, Bordeaux, dandelion, dandelions, Europe, European, flowers, France, French, garden, gardening, gardens, photo, photography, Taraxacum officinale, weeds
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Wanderlust | Tulip Time in Holland, Michigan
A flower-filled town on one of the Great Lakes allows you go Dutch without the jet lag.
Posted in Flowers, Garden, Uncategorized
Tagged Dutch, Europe, flowers, garden, gardens, Holland, Michigan, Netherlands, photography, photos, travel, Tulip Time, Tulips, windmill
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Photo | The Vegetable Garden at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate
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Posted in Edible Garden, Garden
Tagged cooking, edible, food, garden, gardens, George Washington, historic, history, kitchen, Mount Vernon, photo, photography, vegetable garden, vegetables, Virginia
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Photo | A Lush Mature Garden of Delights
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Tagged flowers, garden, gardening, gardens, nature, photo, photography, plants
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The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden | A Conversation with Author Roy Diblik
GV’s Joyce H. Newman catches up with renown garden designer Roy Diblik, who discuses his work and new book, “The Know Maintenance Garden.”
Posted in Garden, Uncategorized
Tagged garden, gardening, gardens, native plants, nature, perennials, photo, photography, plantings, plants, Roy Diblik, spring, The Know Maintenance Garden, wildflowers
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Spring Planting Tips for Outside and In
Westbury Garden Rooms, a builder of beautiful custom conservatories and orangeries in the U.K., offers GV readers some spring planting advice.
Posted in Garden, Garden Advice, Uncategorized
Tagged atrium, conservatory, England, Essex, garden, garden room, garden rooms, gardening, gardens, glazed extension, landscaping, London, natue, orangery, photo, photography, plants, solarium, sun parlour, sun porch, sunroom, UK, United Kingdom, Westbury Garden Rooms
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Photo | Beautiful Hardscaped Garden with Birdbath
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE GV Spring Gardening Giveaway Photo | A Lovely Potting Shed for the Garden Photo | A Formal Garden in Eastern Europe
Posted in Attract Birds, Garden
Tagged birds, flowers, garden, gardening, gardens, landscaping, nature, patio, photo, photography
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Photo | The Gardens at a Historic French Architectural Treasure
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Tagged architecture, Chateau du Villandry, chateaux, Europe, European, France, French, garden, gardens, Loire Valley, photo, photography, tourism, travel
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Photo | A Serene Asian-Influenced Garden
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Tagged Asia, Asian garden, California Health & Longevity Institute, China, Chinese, Chinese garden, CHLI, garden, gardens, health, holistic, Japan, Japanese, longevity, nutrition, pagoda, photo, photography, spa, wholistic
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Winter Blooms on France’s Route of Gold
While much of France is still stuck in late-Winter’s chill, the almost year-round sunshine of the Cote d’Azur offers ample opportunities to explore ‘La Route des Mimosas,’ a “trail” spanning eight villages centered around the beautiful golden mimosa tree.
Posted in Garden, Travel, Trees
Tagged Acacia dealbata, Cote d’Azur, flowering shrub, flowering tree, flowers, France, French, French Riviera, garden, gardening, Horticulture, Mike Alexander, mimosa, mimosa tree, photo, photography, Provence, Route des Mimosas, travel, Trees
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Photo | A Garden Oasis in the City
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Tagged garden, gardens, gazebo, hotel, nature, Omni Shoreham Hotel, outdoors, photo, photography, travel, Washington, Washington DC
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Photo | A Dream Stone Manor Garden in England
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Tagged British, country, country hotel, countryside, England, English country garden, English countryside, garden, gardens, Gravetye Manor, luxury hotel, manor house, photo, photography, travel
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Photo | A Formal Garden in Eastern Europe
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Tagged Czech, Czech Republic, Europe, European, garden, gardens, nature, outdoors, photo, photography, Prague, travel
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Majorelle Gardens | The Exotic Park That Inspired Yves Saint Laurent
Majorelle Gardens, the luxuriant, 12-acre cobalt-blue-splashed garden of earthly delights just outside the Marrakech home of fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent, inspired the designer with a blur of French and Moroccan sensibilities. GV’s European correspondent Mike Alexander takes us on … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Uncategorized
Tagged France, French, garden, gardens, Jaques Majorelle, Majorelle Gardens, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Moroccan, Morocco, photo, photography, Yves Saint Laurent
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Happy Valentine’s Day From Garden Variety
To all of you from all of us at GV, have a very Happy Valentine’s Day! YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE Garden Variety Wishes You a Merry Christmas Happy Thanksgiving From Garden Variety! Happy Halloween From Garden Variety!
Posted in Flowers, Holidays
Tagged flowers, garden, gardening, gardens, hearts, holidays, love, photo, photography, roses, Valentine', Valentine's Day
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Photo of the Week | A Canopy Road in North Florida
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Tagged canopied road, canopy raod, Florida, Pensacola, photo, photography, scenery, scenic highway, tree, treed road, Trees
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Photo of the Week | A Lush Front Yard Garden
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Posted in Flowers, Garden
Tagged Bucks County, flowers, garden, gardens, Jerry Fritz, landscape, landscaping, Linden Hill Gardens, Linen Hill, Nancy J. Ondra, Ottsville, Ottsville Farmers Market, Pennsylvania, photo, photography
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Wanderlust | New York Botanical Garden
New York Botanical Garden, the broadest collection of gardens in America’s biggest metropolis, offers a year-round horticulture fill and then some.
Posted in Garden, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged American Museum of Natural History, botanical gardens, Bronx, Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, garden, gardening, gardens, Grow NYC, GustOrganics, Juice Box, Manhattan, New York, New York Botanical Garden, New York City, NYBG, organic, photography, photos, Public Gardens, tourism, travel
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Taking a Walk Through a Historic French Garden
In Dordogne, a bucolic region in southwestern France known for foie gras, truffles and some of Europe’s oldest settlements, correspondent Mike Alexander introduces readers to a beautiful private garden that has been passionately tended by the same family over five … Continue reading
Posted in Garden
Tagged Dordogne, France, French, garden, gardens, Horticulture, Les Jardins du Manoir d’Eyrignac, Mike Alexander, photography, photos, travel
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Photo of the Week | A Faithful Re-creation of a Historic Greenhouse
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On a Pedestal | Lynn Karlin’s Vegetable Art
Editor-at-Large Therese Ciesinski has a chat with prolific photographer Lynn Karlin, whose work has appeared everywhere from The New York Times Magazine to House Beautiful, about her striking farm-to-studio veggie shots.
Posted in Art, Photography, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged Lynn Karlin, photographs, photography, photos, vegetable images, vegetable photographs, vegetable photos, vegetables
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Photo of the Week | A Hotel Garden in Southeast Asia
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