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A good book in winter is a balm for gardeners
Everyone's caught up with the rigors of holiday shopping and celebrating right now. But after that, thoughts will turn...
Marvelous mums
The production of millions of nearly identical pots of cushion-style chrysanthemums has reduced this versatile plant to being a throwaway...
Hunting a colorful enemy in the yard
I'm not usually in favor of plastic plants. But I was relieved to see a neighbor's harvest table decorated with imitation orange and red...
A rake's progress
Cleaning up the garden in preparation for winter may sound like a tiresome chore, but, in fact, this is the most pleasant...
In Newport, a peek at how the rich garden
NEWPORT R.I. - If I were a grand historic estate in need of restoration, I would hope to be purchased by Dorrance "Dodo" Hamilton, who loves gardens, has good taste, and is one of America's wealthiest women. This has been the happy fate of Wildacre, an amazing Arts & Crafts style summer mansion built for a brother of Brookline landscape ...