Gardens

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Six Trees that Signal Springtime
Magnolia, dogwood, plus some surprising varieties you’ll want to add to your yard

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Six Ways Southern Gardeners Can Outsmart Climate Change
As hardiness zones shift and temperatures warm unevenly, choose the right plants and help them thrive

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In Praise of Wildness
What my mother’s garden taught me about writing, life, and making room for the unruly

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Help! What’s the Best Way to Capture How My Garden Grows?
The seasons of life inspire a still-elusive quest to find the perfect plant journal

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Curl Up With a Southern Seed Catalog
Because bountiful summer gardens start with a little winter dreaming

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A Savannah Greenhouse Love Story
On a Georgia island, a greenhouse reflects a lifelong passion

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Inside a Rare Cache of Heirloom Seeds
One stuffed freezer in South Carolina may soon make all our vegetable patches more delicious

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Small Changes for a Healthier Yard
Regenerative farmers share tips for being a good steward of the soil

End of the Line
Roy Blount Jr. Mans His Compost
Behind every good gardener is a homemade dirt heap

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Big Storms Are Reshaping Southern Gardens
After a natural disaster like Hurricane Ian, the plant world changes in ways we see and ways we don’t

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Six Native Plants Worth Getting to Know
Fall is the perfect time to plant these under-the-radar, expert-approved picks. Plus: It’s time to sow your milkweed seeds

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Gardener’s Secrets: Prep Your Fading Summer Garden for Fall
Five things you should be doing now to ensure a top-notch autumn garden haul

Arts & Culture
Frances Mayes Finds the Meaning of Home
In her lovely new book, the best-selling author of Under the Tuscan Sun welcomes readers into both her Southern and Italian estates

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In Praise of Lazy Landscaping
Five good excuses to spend your Saturday doing something other than yard work

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Joseph Hillenmeyer’s Green Kentucky Home
How the boundary-pushing garden designer, born into a generations-long legacy of accomplished plantsmen, discovered his own remarkable path

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A Mountain Wonderland in Cashiers
Terraces bolster a floral North Carolina paradise

Editor's Letter
From the Editor: A Backyard Pollinator Paradise
The first few steps in turning a typical backyard into a wildlife oasis

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For the Love of the Folly
A trio of garden buildings celebrate form, function, and a little bit of funk

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Meet Georgia’s Iris Evangelist
At the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, one Savannah iris gardener cultivates a huge collection of rare and vanishing blooms

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The Ultimate Guide to Southern Gardens
Advice and inspiration for beautiful and bountiful gardens in the South