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Forgotten and Found: Goldenrod

July 3, 2018 By Terri Robertson

T's Southern Garden Blog
Bee in flight. Photo by Terri Robertson

“No, my aunt wasn’t much of a gardener,” said the visitor.

“Oh,” I said, trying not to look disappointed.

Flame-haired and cheerful, the visitor chatting on my carport was the niece of the original owner of our 1960 home. She had popped by while driving home to Virginia from vacation in Florida. I wasn’t expecting her. I was in leggings and an old t-shirt and in the middle of laundry, but when she introduced herself I was curious to glean some house history.

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Filed Under: Inspiration, Life, Outdoors Tagged With: gardening, goldenrod, perennials

Spring flower shows feature Alabama’s Redneck Rosarian

March 10, 2018 By Kara Kennedy

Inspired Southerner Redneck Rosarian
Photo by Chris VanCleave Redneck Rosarian

Many years ago when I went to Boston for St. Patrick’s Day weekend, I got to experience my first ‘flower show,’ and what I didn’t know it at the time, flower shows are a big tradition in March in the northeast.  Since I’d never been to a flower show, I really didn’t know what to expect. Flower shows are similar to a home and garden show in the South, but with lots of blooming flowers people can purchase. [Read more…] about Spring flower shows feature Alabama’s Redneck Rosarian

Filed Under: Life, Outdoors, Travel Tagged With: flower shows, flowers, gardening, redneck rosarian, rose garden, roses, sustainability, sustainable gardening

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