Member profile for Liz
 Gardening since 1975
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Chiz Gardens Monroe, MI
Our old farmhouse sits on an acre and a half of gardens with an old barn as its background. The house has many window boxes with a variety of flowers. There is a large pond with a waterfall designed by my husband. The pond is by a patio with a Victorian style gazebo...
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Garden Inspirations Monroe, MI
I love to garden. Besides gardening, I love to attend garden shows. go on garden walks, and visit public gardens. Many times these visits have inspired me to add something different to my own garden.
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Bohemian Garden Monroe, MI
My vegetable garden is getting a makeover this year! Not only will I be growing more heirlooms, but the area where they will be growing will have a Bohemian flair.....colorful, artsy, fun, and perhaps a bit of the unexpected. I have been thinking about this...
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Forest and Garden of Kew Gardens and beyond. Kew Gardens, NYhttp://mygardenandhome.blogspot.com As a volunteer gardener I created these gardens for myself and our co-op community.
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painter Reana garden - Biella - Italy Biella, Italymy garden is not far from montains, The Alps. I started it 15 years ago: at the beginnig there was only wood and grass. I have been working hard, by myself, to get plants, rocks, rocks walls and steps. Now I love it,...
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Laurie's Garden~ St.ClairShores, MI Saint Clair Shores, MI
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Lauri
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Supergites France
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supergites
At our mill in the north of France we grow an 65.000 square feet experimental garden with orchard, flower court and wetland.
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poppydreams 62020 Gualdo, MC, Italy
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carola
since 2 years i am working this beautiful land. we have around 10 acres, mainly woods on steep ground, but around the house i am creating a flower garden, and a field with all the veggies we wanna eat.
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Downunder Dry Tropics Courtyard Garden Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Bernieh
I garden in a dry tropics zone in north-eastern Australia which is characterized by a very long dry spell over autumn to spring (around nine months of the year) followed by a short wet spell during summer (if it's not...
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Margot place Victoria, Canada
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ryansenechal
A backbone of strong structural conifers with evergreen understory, deciduous contrasting shrubs, and pockets of perennials. A production berry, vegetable garden and cluster of fruit trees round out our multi use...
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Our Grounds Des Moines, IAOrnamental, beds and borders where evergreen conifers and deciduous shrubs mingle with perennials, bulbs, and a few favorite annuals. Some Iowa prairie plants such as side-oats grama grass. A still-water, self-maintaining...
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berkeley hills backyard garden Berkeley, CA
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marilena
It is a backyard garden with ginkgo, lemon, apple, birch trees and kiwi, oleander, lavender, camelia, jasmin and more.....
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Butchart Gardens Denver, CO
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irxprt
These are a few from my trip last year...it is quite lovely and a zone 8, believe it or not.
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Ivy Street Garden Denver, CO
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irxprt
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Allotment on the dike Schellingwoude, Netherlands
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Claire
After years of being on the waiting list, on 4 June 2011 I finally got a garden allotment (known as volkstuin in Dutch). It's just a 15-minute bike ride from home, at the back of an old Dutch dike - and has a little...
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Belinda's Secret Garden Rangeley, ME
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mainegarden
My ex-husband and I got back together...while I was selling my house, he built this beautiful veggie garden and the greenhouse/potting shed in lieu of a diamond....
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Mother Nature's Garden & Guests Rangeley, ME
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mainegarden
Have you ever looked at the colors of a forest in fall, or watched the water tumble down some rocks, look at a view and think wow...Mother Nature did this...or watch the wild animals and their beauty???
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Green Kathleen's Chicken Junction Arlington, TXMy garden began with one raised bed. I grew up in Ohio where you could pretty much stick a plant in the ground and it would grow. I now live in Texas where the "soil" is not soil. Its clay. I think they...
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French kitchen Garden Titusville, NJ
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bugtussle
My garden started out a mess when we bought our home in 2005. I decided to make a kitchen garden in the french potager style. I spent one year studying all about french kitchen gardens before starting. It took me...
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Susan's Plots - Franklin Park Community Garden Tacoma, WAThis garden is part of Franklin Park Community Garden in Tacoma, WA. I adopted and built up this part of the garden on an unusable space. It was full of 4 foot tall quack grass and weeds and 2/3 of it under water during...
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The Heirloom Garden of Eatin' Tacoma, WAI redesigned my vegetable garden last year at Franklin Park Community Garden with the Vegetable Garden Planner on Mother Earth News. I am implementing the full plan this season and it will be a lot easier to tend and...
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Ravis Retreat Winthrop, WA
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SolarBizzi
Heirloom plants were first iintroduced to our garden during 2011 growing season. The existing pictures are from that harvest.Growing season 2012 is expected to be more heirloom plants than the previous year, but I...
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Stone Cottage Farm Garden 2012 Mayville, MIHi! I'm the Stone Cottage Farm Garden 2012! I was brand new two years ago when Farmer Dave and Farmer Christina broke new ground in what used to be the back farm yard. I'm hoping this year, now that they got their 2011...
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Tupelo Valley Atlanta, GA
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JOShields
I try to grow all the vegetables and fruits our small family needs in this little garden.
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Corazón de Maria Orphanage Garden Izalco, Sonsonate, El Salvador
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sonomagarden
Founded more than 12 years ago by the Hermanas Carmelitas of Sonsonate, the Corazón de Maria Orphanage meets the nutritional, educational and medical needs of 98 children (interns...
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Suburbia Haven San Antonio, TXWe bought a house six years ago in the suburbs of San Antonio Texas. We don't have alot of space so I had my husband build me a garden box right outside of the back door. Since then, he's built me another garden...
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Fluttering flower garden Westland, MI
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flower_lady
I have various pocket gardens in my urban space. I have a raised garden that takes up half the back yard. Planting heirloom tomatoes and veggies. I also do many herbs.
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Lisaland Otricoli, ItalyThis is the continuation of the Le Corone garden here on YourGardenShow, renamed in Lisa's honor. We want to carry on her legacy of great gardening practices and it's going to take a few of us to do it. The team here...
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CompanionPlantingCowGirl Centerville, TX
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EmmaRose
My garden is 10 foot by 19 foot and has flax, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, squash, gourds, borage, onions and lettuce.
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Little Stone HIll Toronto, Canada
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Lorraine
For the past 15 years or so, I've been creating a series of garden rooms. The most completed, although a garden is never really complete, is my cottage garden. I'm a freelance writer, writing primarily in gardening...
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East Texas Linden, TX
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RoriTx
We grow,can or freeze 90% of all the vegetables we eat. I've decided to start saving our own seeds so this year we will plant as many heirloom varieties as we can.Breaking News:Facebook you've been replaced!
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The Peaceful Prayer Garden Goodview, VA
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linzelu100
We are a young family attempting to grow our food. It hasn't been easy, but has been rewarding to say the least. Last year was our first successful garden and this year we are expanding. We decided to move to a new...
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Ramos' Disorganized Garden Floresville, TX
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Clenram
The success of our gardening has been great, with some disappointments due to the learning curve. We are learning what we can do when we have 4 months of temperatures over 100 and no rain. Our soil is all sand! We...
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All Around the House Evanston, ILMy gardens began in earnest in 1990. I began tearing up the backyard and over the years it has undergone many transformations, including a major renovation in the summer of 2011. I then began tearing up the front lawn...
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Cottonwood Vancouver, Canada
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Strathcona
I belong to a 4 acre organic community garden close to downtown Vancouver (http://www.cottonwoodgarden.com/). My garden is constantly changing but this year the food plants I grew were blackberries, a few varieties...
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GMO's Butler, PAWhat better place to get informed than on yourgardenshow.com because we all live on this planet together ! A "Conspiracy Theory" isn't a theory if it's true ! We all have to make up our own minds. ☺
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Quite Contrary Paintshop 2012 Butler, PAThe journey continues year after year starting with Quite Contrary Paintshop 2010...then Quite Contrary Paintshop 2011 and now with a new year with Quite Contrary Paintshop 2012. This garden is best viewed on the carousal...
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The Humble Gardens of Elkton Ardmore, TN
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annroberts54
We moved here to 3.5 acres in 2008. Now we are attempting to fill it with both edible and ornamental gardens. We keep adding to both the hardscape and the soft as money, time and physical issues allow.
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Prince Snow Farm Mattapoisett, MA
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PrinceSnow
Our garden is a true extension of our desire to grow healthy food for our family and friends without the use of chemicals. And this year, NO GMO's! Wahoo!!!!
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A Gypsy Garden Greencastle, INHave been playing in the "dirt" and planting stuff since I was about 5...I am now 53. Nothing makes me happier than cooking with fresh herbs and veggies from my kitchen garden or bringing in a bouquet from my cutting...
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Spy Garden Glencoe, MO
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amaranth3
Our garden was planted in 2010 (and was much smaller then!). My son named the garden in 2012. The plan was to plant tall plants on the outside so he could "spy" out of it! The name has been quite apt as we are always...
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Gail's gardens Fort Saskatchewan, Canada
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gailsgarden
My garden is always evolving and this year I am almost starting from scratch. When we sold our old house I split some of my perrenials and took them with me. As our new house was not ready until this year, I planted...
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Quite Contrary Paintshop 2013 Butler, PAWhere do the years go ? I'm excited for my new Michigan plants to grow this year, sent from a dear friend that I met here on YGS. ☺
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Willowwacks Faerie Garden Rogue River, OR
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puckamok
When I moved here there was a small organic garden but most of the topsoil was washed away by gold mining and logging. I'm creating a food forest and learning permaculture practices. There is more life here now but...
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Millie's Heirloom Junction City, KSUpdate: We just moved into a new farmhouse. I'm hoping to make it a grand scale garden escape with fruit trees, vineyards, berry patches and flowers! Can't wait to play in my garden for the next 20 years!I started...
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Veebee's Kitchen Garden Davenport, NY
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veebee
This year 2012 will be the third season of my organically grown 20'x25' fenced kitchen garden. My garden grows primarily in raised beds and along vertical trellising, all surrounded with a diverse herb border. ...
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Tallulah's Veggie Patch Columbia, KYA community garden veggie patch, at the hands of an inexperienced city dweller!
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My passion Randolph, NJ
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tinam
I call my garden my passion because that is exactly what it is. Gardening as been something I have been involved in in form or another most of my life. I am so passionate about gardening that I started my own design...
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Gardening behind the Garage Pearland, TX
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julia42
We have an average sized suburban lot which is mostly dedicated to the antics of our three busy boys. The 15' x 25' area behind the garage was pretty worthless lawn, though, so I spent last year converting it into...
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A Pig in the Garden Kamuela, HI
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Peach
Hawaii is filled with adventure: a long season, micro climates, high winds, rainbows, and cutworms, snails and slugs that seem to grow faster than the plants. But with that being said, it is a beautiful place to explore...
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'Little a this, 'Little a that . . . Seattle, WA
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carolynhart
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Debbie's 2013 Gardens Apalachin, NY
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PunkiePies
I live in upstate New York and my property is small (relatively speaking). I have many small gardens surrounding my home. I try to squeeze in as many plants as I can without it looking too crowded. My biggest challenge...
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YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA
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The-Busy-Bee
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| Favorite gardening books: | Brugmansia and Datura |
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| Favorite vegetable: | Pea pods |
| Favorite flower: | Angel trumpets and poppies |
| Favorite tree / shrub: | Hydrangea |
| Gardening organizations: | Local garden club |
| Favorite park / arboreteum: | The Huntington Botanical Gardens |
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