From a space for growing food and entertaining kids to unbelievable ornamental beds, this garden continues to evolve

Looking back on a season full of flowers

Look back at summer color, and learn a new way to share your photos with the blog

A flower-filled pool garden welcomes a flock of pollinators all summer

The small (but mighty) submissions GPOD has received from June to October

Even more fantastic lily blooms from a frequent contributor’s summer garden

Transport back to summer days as we indulge in a gardener’s delectable lily collection

Even as fall settles into New England, the flowers in this patio garden continue to shine

These Popular and Easy-to-Grow Flowers Come in Many Types These attractive plants are invaluable as house plants, for the greenhouse, and for filling summer flower beds. Some kinds are grown for their ornamental leaves, others for their flowers; some bloom in summer, others in winter, while a few flower more or less all the year round. Begonias are found wild […]

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The form and size of a herb garden is determined by the interest these plants hold for the individual. It can be a tiny border of commonly used culinary herbs such as mint, parsley, sage and thyme or an elaborate garden designed to house a wide collection of herbs. Many plants could legitimately be included in one of these large […]

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