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Dear Gardening Friends, I have to admit that February is not my favorite month and luckily it is a short one. The cold weather and brief gardening days make it rather a trial and I am always glad when March rolls around. One bright spot in the garden is that I can obsess about my snowdrop …

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Dear Gardening Friends, As the garden outside slumbers and gradually shows some signs of new life I am looking forward to 2023. As I wait for the weather to improve, for temperatures to rise, and daylength to increase, I start to plan. I have been setting myself some garden goals for …

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Dear Floral Friends, As gardeners we spend more time thinking about light, or lack thereof, than your average person (I have no evidence to back up this statement, but it is a strong hunch). Having written one book about shade gardening and another about how to grow flowers in sunny places, …

Continue Reading about December 2022 Newsletter: Light and the Gardener

Dear Gardening Friends, Garden Travels and Thanks Garden visits are back! It was such a pleasure to be on the road again. I love my home garden, but the call of others is strong. This month I will talk about my trip to Mt. Vernon, George Washington’s house and garden. Next month I will share …

Continue Reading about November 2022 Newsletter: The Leaves Come Tumbling Down

Dear Gardening Friends, As I write this, I am sitting out in my garden surrounded by dahlias, cleome, nicotiana, celosia, asters, and zinnias. Early autumn can be one of the most floriferous times in your garden and it certainly has lots of the lovely sunset colors that Louise Bush-Brown refers …

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A Visit to RHS Garden Bridgewater In usual Jenny Rose fashion, a chance meeting with gardener Andrea Graham in the wonderful Scrivener’s bookshop in Buxton, Derbyshire (a must visit – if you are in the area – five floors of used books), led to a lovely meet-up the next day at Bridgewater. Andrea …

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Dear Gardening Friends, This is my first monthly email gardening newsletter! The gardening quote that I have picked for this month sets the tone for what to expect. I am a hardy gardener who loves to grow as many plants as I can in my Zone 6 to 7 USDA hardiness garden at Northview in Ambler, …

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