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View ArticleWinter Blooms
Photo by Rebecca Bullene, Brooklyn Botanic GardenHere in New York, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's annual cherry blossom festival is a huge attraction, as thousands of visitors walk around the park,...
View ArticleThe Best Mail-Order Plant Sources
Gallery Page Layout: Gallery A Our favorite sources for mail order succulents, orchids, mosses, and other rare plants.
View ArticleGallery of Ferns
Gallery Page Layout: Gallery B Ubiquitous yet often overlooked, indoor and outdoor ferns are botanical marvels
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Indoor Fern Care Tips
This is a companion piece to our Ancient Beauty article. MoistureWater ferns only when the top of the soil is slightly dry. To maintain moisture, fill a saucer with pebbles, place the potted fern on...
View ArticleOutdoor Speakers
Outdoor sound systems have come a long way since the boom box, and now there's no need to clutter your garden with unsightly equipment to get great audio. Landscape designer Paul Keyes recommends...
View ArticleArt + Botany: Living Sculptures
Sue Hill and Pete Hill design large-scale installations that celebrate the magic of a garden landscape. Sculpted with mud, rocks, and plants, the extraordinary figures evolve with the seasons, and...
View Article7 Water-Wise Plants for Desert Regions
Gallery Page Layout: Gallery A Landscape designer Jim Martinez has been creating water-wise, environmentally friendly gardens in Dallas and Marfa for more than 30 years. Surrounded by mountains, at an...
View ArticleArt + Botany: Wave Hill's Wild Garden Exhibit
A new exhibit explores the garden as inspiration. Tending Toward the Untamed: Artists Respond to the Wild Garden offers new work by eight artists in a variety of media including painting, animation,...
View ArticleBotanic Notables: Gardening on Mars
While the Curiousity rover explores its landscape, research is underway on the first garden on Mars. After all, if we intend to spend more time away from Earth, we'll need our plants. Roses and tulips,...
View ArticleBotanic Superlatives: Oldest Topiary Garden in the US
The first topiary sculptures were trimmed in 1st century Roman villas. By the 16th century, topiary had become an emblem of European landscape design, and it was embraced by colonial American gardens...
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