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Make This Your Year In The Garden: New Year Resolution Ideas To Enhance Your Gardening
Get a jump on your gardening projects now so you can reap the rewards year round! Crack open your planner, grab a hot drink, and peruse these key New Year resolution ideas
By Janey Goulding
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Looking For The Perfect Third Place? A Garden May Be The Answer
A "third space" is a place where you can find peace and community. Where better to do that than in a garden?
By Teo Spengler
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Christmas Cactus Root Rot: How To Identify, Treat & Prevent This Deadly Disease
Root rot must be treated promptly if plants are to survive. Learn how to spot the signs and save your Christmas cactus from this most dreaded disease.
By Teo Spengler
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What's The Best Music For Plants? Discover How Music Can Help Your Garden Grow
If they grow better with music, make sure to choose the best music for your plants. Turns out they have specific tastes.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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7 Vegetables To Plant In January: Delicious Organic Crops To Kickstart Your Growing Year
Discover the best vegetable seeds to start in January – to banish winter blues and begin a new ritual of growing and harvesting the tastiest, healthiest crops.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Which Indoor Begonia Plants Are Best? 8 Of The Ultimate Begonia Houseplant Varieties
If you just can’t get enough of them, try growing some indoor begonia plants. Many stunning varieties do well indoors and make lovely houseplants.
By Tonya Barnett
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What The First Bird You See On January 1st Means For Your Year Ahead
According to birding lore, whether you spot a vibrant cardinal or an ominous crow on New Year's Day impacts your life for the next 12 months.
By Melanie Griffiths
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The 7 Best Botanical Gardens In The US
How many have you been to?
By Teo Spengler
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7 High-Maintenance Plants To Banish In 2025: Say Goodbye To These Demanding Divas
Expert Bonnie Grant has learned the hard way that some plants are more effort than they're worth. She wants gardeners to think twice before committing to these popular varieties.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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7 Wow-Worthy Winter Blooming Shrubs – To Brighten Up A Barren Winter Garden
Don’t settle for a drab winter garden. Plant some winter blooming shrubs that will flower in the cold weather and raise your spirits
By Teo Spengler
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4 Beautiful Types Of Calathea To Try
Many Calathea varieties go beyond the average beauty of a houseplant. Humidity and indirect light make them happy, and they’ll dress up your home with dramatic multi-colored leaves with geometric patterns.
By Susan Albert
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Post-Holiday Pick-Me-Ups: Treat Yourself To These 10 Gardening Must-Haves
If you didn't get what you wanted for Christmas, then indulge your gardening passion with plants and products that will inspire you in the new year.
By Melanie Griffiths
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These Fake-Looking Plants Aren’t AI-Generated – They’re Real & You Can Grow Them!
Sometimes Nature creates strangely beautiful fake looking plants that don’t always appear to seem exactly real. Check out some of the amazing specimens.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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How Long Do Seeds Last? Plus, Tips To Extend Their Shelf Life
Your garden is all planted and you have leftover seeds... what now? How you store them is the key to their longevity.
By Amy Grant
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6 Key Garden Trends That Will Inspire Your Landscape Design In 2025
Discover the design trends destined to make it into your garden this year – from joy-sparking plant palettes to sustainable solutions built into the landscape.
By Melanie Griffiths
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Winter Garden Ideas - Grow A Stunning Garden Even In The Snow
Think about some winter garden ideas that can provide showy textures, shapes, and even a cheery bit of color when the weather is cold and dreary.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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All About AI Landscape Design – How Technology Can Help You Design Your Dream Garden
Use AI landscape design to set up your garden exactly how you want it.
By Amy Grant
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Fast Growing Flowers – Learn About Flowers That Bloom Quickly
Plants take time to grow and fill in, so instant gratification is not a hallmark of gardening. However, fast growing flowers can give you that much needed boost of landscaping satisfaction while you wait for other parts of the garden to mature. Learn more here.
By Bonnie L. Grant