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an eighty acre garden

Do you know why I enjoy mixing perfumes? Imagine an open field of roses, extending as far as the eyes...

splendid hellebores

Hellebores are almost too good to be true. They grow in the shade, start blooming in February and their flowers last...

the garden of remembrance

I walk the foot wide dirt path between the flower beds, careful not to get scratched by the landscaping roses...

seashell cosmos

Very understated, these flowers. They usually grow with abandon in sun-drenched meadows and give you an eye full of every...

the healing garden

The first time I saw an herb garden I thought it weird. Why would one want to waste so much...

country garden favorites

The country garden relies on scent just as much as it does on color and texture. Gertrude Jekyll popularized this...

herbs for sunny spots

Most herbs love sunshine, as is fitting for the dwellers of the open plains and windswept limestone cliffs of the...

tulips? yes, please!

I always plant tulips. I’ve had beautiful ruffled pink ones, and fringed parrot ones, standard, double, lily flowering, you name...

february matters

February is not the loveliest of months, but it has one redeeming quality: it’s seed starting time. Depending on your...

caring for hyacinths

The thing about hyacinths is that they don’t need special care, they need the conditions they have become accustomed to:...