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| Lately I find I am enjoying and gaining inspiration from gardening blogs just as much (sometimes more) than from gardening books. Many of them have opened my eyes to new plants, new combinations and new ideas. It is hard to post multiple links, but here are some of my favorites, in no particular order, that can be found with a quick Google search: 1. Hayefield. This is garden author's Nancy J. Ondra's blog. I can't say enough about her (in my opinion) exquisite taste in plants, wonderful design sensibility, and amazing photography. 2. Rhone Street Garden. Although Portland has a much friendlier gardening climate than Chicago, I love this blog because it details gardening on a small urban lot like mine using a plant palette that I also admire. Photography is stunning. The author of this blog sometimes posts here on GW. 3. Carolyn's Shade Gardens. I am just as much a plant collector as I am a gardener, and I discovered this wonderful, thoughtful blog while researching two of my latest obsessions: hellebores and snowdrops (yes, I am becoming something of a "galanthophile", in spite of the inherent snobbery that word implies, lol!). The author writes about many other plants for shade and woodland areas as well. I just ordered Primula kisoana because of her latest post. There are other blogs that I like that will pop up when researching plants online, but these three are the ones I check frequently for new posts and updates. And a couple of others--like An Iowa Garden and Paghat's Garden--that are wonderful sources of information about many plants (especially bulbs) but are no longer active. What blogs, if any, do all of you like to read and why? |
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- Posted by echinaceamaniac 7 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 14, 13 at 13:19
| Hayefield is my favorite! |
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| One of my favorites is written by a professional who is based in Detroit, Deborah Silver. Her window boxes and planters see wonderful and she covers a range of design topics. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Dirt Simple
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- Posted by christinmk z5b eastern WA (My Page) on Sun, Apr 14, 13 at 20:19
| I like/visit the first two as well ispahan ;-) I'm not really a daily blog reader. I'll forget about them for awhile and then play catch-up when I make the time and read all previous entries. But here are a few I like: Linda Cochran's Garden blog- from Bainbridge IS WA- I think this is probably the most brilliant garden I have seen at combining unique plants and collections and making them look cohesive! John Jerrard's Herbal- a plant collector in the UK with humorous posts and great pics. I envy some of his collections. Teza’s Hortus Magnificum - features lots of cool shade plants. You Grow Girl! - like the unusual veggie and edibles posts Barry's Blog, A Sense of Place- more unique plants Graham Rice’s Blog- gives updates on new plants. I know not all will be available in the states, but it is fun to look anyway. Hummm...thought I had a few more, but can't find them now ((naturally)). |
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