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September 03, 2026

Pick up a copy of Fine Gardening magazine (Fall 2026 issue), and you’ll find my “Shopping List Plants” recommendations for the southwestern U.S. on page 73.

Check them out, along with the recs from regional experts across the country, and see if you need to add a few cool new plants to your shopping list. Happy fall plant...


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September 01, 2026

Two Sundays ago, I headed to the South Pearl Street Farmers Market to check out vendor offerings and enjoy a morning stroll in a new neighborhood. The Platt Park neighborhood was bustling with people walking to the market, and I joined them. Two bl...


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August 26, 2026

“I’m not sure exactly why I thought [a] rock garden was the way to go,” mused Anne Smith, except, “I had the beginnings of one at my previous house.” Or maybe the name of her city fated it. In any case, Anne converted her front yard in Boulder, Colorado, into an expansive rock garden 30 years ago, when


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August 22, 2026

Last Saturday we drove up Mount Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans), one of Colorado’s 14ers — mountains 14,000+ feet in elevation. You need a timed-entry reservation to drive up “the highest paved road in North America.”

It takes about 45 minut...


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August 22, 2026

The Mount Vernon Garden in Denver’s Washington Park just turned 100 years old. One hundred years and still going strong! Amazingly, it’s not even the oldest garden in Washington Park. That honor goes to the Big Garden at 109 years old.

The


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