Connecting people back to nature. Author. Nature Lover. Host of 'Plant One On Me', 'Flock Finger Lakes' @YouTube and the 'Bad Seeds' podcast. 💚
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Announcing our latest small group Botanical Tour: VIETNAM in Bloom! We’ll escape to the cool mountains of the Đà Lạt region of Vietnam, which is known for its extraordinary botanical, agricultural, and cultural landscapes.
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Taking a blank piece of land and turning it into something more beautiful: youtu.be/c1HWtngof7E
How on earth did two people create this EPIC Garden? youtu.be/gDbm7flMsck
One of the best upstate New York garden centers—run since 1981: youtu.be/L6nvhM1xqDU
Trees are one of those things you really have to think ahead about. They can take decades to reach their full size, so when we started working on the landscape, we wanted to do was get more trees and shrubs in the ground as soon as possible. W/ @espoma
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What happens when you let the edges of the pond rewild: youtu.be/M9VIZ20jdt4
We MacGyvered a MOBILE WATER CART for the GARDEN:
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When we bought this property six years ago, there was one building that intimidated us more than any other. This 40-by-60-foot pole barn. It was enormous, unfinished, and—at least at the time—we had absolutely no idea what we were going to do with it.
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How One Gardener’s Many OBSESSIONS Became an EXTRAORDINARY GARDEN youtu.be/h341xWvlNVM
Calling Fellow Plant Lovers: We’re heading on a Botanical Tour of COSTA RICA this Dec 8-13, 2026 and 2 mos later to COLOMBIA, Feb 13-19, 2027.
For a limited time (Sept 2-8), each trip is $100 off. Use code LABORDAY100. New bookings only. homesteadbrooklyn.com/botani…
Three years results of a meadow installation replacing reed canary grass. With @espoma #espomapartner
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I find it hard to plant a new garden all at once. Two years ago, I had quite a show of tulips along this new garden border, but once June rolled around, there wasn’t much happening here, so I started to add more perennials and summer blooming bulbs: youtu.be/SFz5BA8OM7s
When wildfire smoke rolled across NY this July, we expected the air outside to be bad. What surprised us... was what was happening inside our house. We'll share what we did to improve air quality inside the house and handle it outside. youtu.be/RHDSLSGtaBE
A gathering space. A vantage point. A birdwatching station. (And, of course, a place for even more plants.) After working on this on and off for 3 years, we finally finished our upper deck.
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One spot left on our Group Botanical Trip to Japan this November. We'll be touring garden shrines, historic architecture, botanic gardens and more: trovatrip.com/trip/asia/japa…
On our journey through some of Pennsylvania's finest gardens, we arrived at Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum—not quite knowing what awaited us!
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Growing 1/3 of Pennsylvania's native plants: @Bowmans_Hill_WP youtu.be/J0qRVuw16a0
When furniture designers Barbara and Robert “Tiff” Tiffany purchased a 10,500-square-foot historic grain and saw mill over thirty years ago in Pennsylvania (Zone 6B), they had no idea what they were in for. Full spring garden tour:
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Not the usual arboretum— @JAGardens feels as if nature designed it. youtu.be/K22YWgSroO0
