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Episode 161: A Field Trip to the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill

Jun 21, 2024 | finegardening.com | Don Burgard

There’s nothing nicer than being outside on a beautiful late spring day, especially if it means you get a whole day away from your desk. Danielle, Carol, and digital editor Christine Alexander recently played hooky from their editorial duties and went on a horticultural adventure at one of New England’s great public gardens.
GPOD on the Road: Assiniboine Park Gardens, Part 2

Jun 14, 2024 | finegardening.com | Kaitlyn Hayes |Don Burgard

Happy Friday, GPODers!Last Friday I shared my experience at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As promised, I’m back this week to share more photos from this expansive park with several awe-inspiring gardens. If you missed the first post, you can check it out here: Part 1. Last week I covered the Kitchen Garden and the Sensory Garden. Today’s tour continues through the Indigenous Peoples Garden, the English Garden and the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden.
Spring in Alice’s Ontario Garden

Jun 13, 2024 | finegardening.com | Don Burgard

Hi GPODers! Today we’re getting an update from a frequent GPOD contributor, Alice Fleurkens in Ontario. This is Alice again, from Sweaburg, Ontario. Here are some recent pictures of my garden. To get up to speed on Alice’s gorgeous garden, check out some of her previous submissions: Good Friends Make a Great Garden, Alice’s Front Garden in Canada, Summer in Ontario, and September in Alice’s Garden. This clematis was given to me by a friend. It does not seem to have issues like clematis wilt etc.
A Guest in Rhonda’s Garden

Jun 12, 2024 | finegardening.com | Don Burgard

Hi GPODers,Today we’re in Rhonda’s garden in southeastern Pennsylvania. We’ve seen Rhonda’s garden a few times over the years (check out her earlier submissions: Rhonda’s Pennsylvania Garden, Fall in Rhonda’s Garden, and A Safe Garden Wedding in the Time of COVID), and it’s always a treat to see how the space evolves while continuing to thrive. She shared several spectacular spring scenes spring as well as a FANTASTIC picture of a guest that plays a helpful role in the garden.
GPOD on the Road: Canadian Wildflowers

May 31, 2024 | finegardening.com | Kaitlyn Hayes |Don Burgard

Happy Friday, GPODers!We have another installment of my travels through Canada last summer, and I want to dive into some of the wildflowers I spotted while traveling. While rest stops and overnight parking lots are an unglamorous necessity of long-haul travel, I make a point to park in nature as often as I possibly can. Part of my routine when I find myself parked up at a new area is walking around and taking in all of the various plant life around me.
Modern-Looking Plants for a Contemporary Landscape

May 22, 2024 | finegardening.com | Danielle Sherry |Don Burgard

When many gardeners hear the word “modern,” they often scrunch up their noses like they’ve suddenly caught a whiff of something foul. It’s true that many of us classify our landscapes as something other than contemporary. But even the most traditional of designs can benefit from an infusion of plants that one might describe as having a “modern look.” These plants serve as dynamic elements in a bed, easily becoming a focal point where perhaps one was missing.
Lee’s Tulips in Mohawk Valley

May 22, 2024 | finegardening.com | Don Burgard

We couldn’t have spring here at GPOD without an update from Lee and his fabulous tulips in New York. Lee is a GPOD regular who often shares beautiful and creative photos of his garden (Lee’s Backyard Escape, Back to the Mohawk Valley, and Lee’s Garden Through the Eyes of an Ant, to name a few), but his tulip collection is absolutely impressive every year (Dreaming of Tulips in New York and Flower Close-ups From Lee’s Garden).
Sheila’s Vermont Garden in Spring

May 21, 2024 | finegardening.com | Don Burgard

Yesterday we explored the wild side of Vermont with Sheila, today she’s sharing what spring looks like in her garden. I garden in northern Vermont, Zones 4–5 and recently took these photos. I have also sent in photos in the past. (To see how Sheila’s garden has evolved over the years, check out her previous submissions: Sheila’s Vermont Garden and Revisiting Sheila’s Vermont Garden.)Our little pond has purple and pink phlox bordering the peastone gravel path.
Sheila’s Spring Wildflowers

May 20, 2024 | finegardening.com | Don Burgard

Hello and happy Monday, GPODers!When I checked the GPOD inbox last week I was excited to see another person who had recently gone “plant watching” and shared some photos from a walk through nature:Hello, this is Sheila Abair from Vermont. I had to share these wildflower pictures from a walk this morning. I can identify the trilliums and I think ostrich ferns. It was a beautiful experience. Hope you enjoy them.
Episode 159: Plants That Take Sun and Shade - FineGardening

May 17, 2024 | finegardening.com | Don Burgard

Chances are, you’ve got mixed conditions in your garden. One area might be in full sun, while another spot a bit farther away is in full shade. Even beds that have the same exposure on paper may have larger plants that shade out the ground below them. This presents a challenge for developing a cohesive look within a landscape. As gardeners, we’ve been taught that repetition is one of the tenets of good garden design.