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Random Gardens
A Mother's Garden in My Heart
I've been thinking about my mother, as Mother's Day has just passed. And I've been thinking about the Smithsonian Gardens' new project Community of Gardens. And now the two are intersecting, as things…
Goodbye, Garden Hero
Last year I said goodbye to my gardening hero. Back in the day, sometime in the early 70s, my Dad became a foot soldier in the Crockett's Victory Garden brigade, eager to try this whole new “organic…
Well Fed Community Garden
The mission of the Well Fed Community Garden is listed on the Irregardless Café website: “To provide an opportunity for community members to learn how to grow their own food, to reinforce the…
Featured Garden
The ShawneeSun Garden
A little over 2 years ago I purchased a house in the 'burbs of Augusta, GA. It had enormous lawns front and back. Most people would see a mowing nightmare—I saw future HABITAT! The first thing was…
