
Design Ideas from Madoo – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 22, 2026
The recently published book “Madoo: The Making of an American Garden,” reminded me of the power of certain key design strategies that can ma...
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I’ve been digging into a diverse and compelling collection of essays in a recent book that’s centered on the subject of  flowers – ever...

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Both gardeners and their plants have to be more resilient than ever these days in our changing climate, it seems. At the High Line in New Yo...

I’m privileged to observe a fascinating diversity of animals outside where I live, but the term “Outsider Animals” was new to me—and it’s th...

I always say that birds taught me to garden, as I watched their behavior here at my place, and added more of the plants and features they se...

We talk about pollinator gardens, and seek out the plants that provide that essential nourishment to bees and butterflies and moths, for exa...

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When growing from seed, the long list of decisions starts with what turns out to be the simplest question of all: which variety of bean (or...

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“The dream has always been a rainbow of peas,” Dylana Kapuler said to me more than a decade ago, and that dream continues to fuel a passion...