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Camellias at the Huntington Botanical Gardens
The Huntington Botanical Garden was named an International Camellia Garden of Excellence in 2001 by the International Camellia Society because it has one of the most comprehensive collections of…
Memories of an Iowa Homestead
Gardening was an important part of my grandparents’ life on their farmstead in western Iowa where my father grew up and also where I grew up. Originally the area around the house was bare of plants…
Marjory's Garden
Note: This story contains reference to school and gun violence. As the principal and I watched the heavy machinery level the last of the dilapidated portable classrooms, an idea flitted across my…
Featured Garden
Dolores’ Gardens
I am Dolores Isom Olds. I was born in 1929 and grew up in Hurricane, Utah. My parents were Eugenia Walker McAllister and Thomas Irving Isom. My Dad was a farmer and mainly grew fruit trees. He and his…
