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I’ve recently noticed a gentle increase in the number of well-known and fairly well-known garden designers championing the work of professional gardeners. Podcasts, articles and social media; there’s sense that the value of gardeners is starting to be discussed just a little bit more.

The first time I noticed this, and I suspect the first time it really became a thing,...


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The Obama Presidential Center opened Friday, fittingly on Juneteenth, and even from afar, the opening ceremonies were a welcome palate cleanser. And for a gardenblog, there’s plenty of plant-related news to report.

The Obama Center “campus” is lots more than plants

The Obama ...


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I pulled over last month while driving down Logan Street in Louisville’s Shelby Park neighborhood. I spotted a small memorial encircled by scuffed-up salvaged bricks under a young tree decorated with a red bow and bouquets. The recent planting showed tell-tale signs of


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I don’t remember exactly when I first found GardenRant as a reader, but I remember the post was one of Susan’s, and the comments stood out. Her controversial thoughts had elicited hundreds of them. And, unlike a lot of blog sites at the time, the commenters weren’t there to performatively add backlinks for their own blogs; or indeed to troll;...


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“When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden.” — Minnie Aumonier

Most of the time these days I’m without words to grasp what’s going on. But then I remembered the language of plants. So I’m letting the plants in my garden speak for themselves.


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