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It is so satisfying to bring the garden into all aspects of our lives. We read about gardens, display flowers and start plants indoors, revel in cooking with our freshly harvested veggies and herbs, and pore over stacks of seed catalogues every winter. Here we’ll explore all the ways the garden influences our lives.

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The Good Morning Glory

The Good Morning Glory

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022

Discover the difference between good morning glories and very bad morning glories.

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I’m Hooked on the Mystery and History of Heirloom Plants. You Can Be Too

I’m Hooked on the Mystery and History of Heirloom Plants. You Can Be Too

June 13, 2022August 22, 2022

A gardener’s initiation into the mystery and romance of heirloom gardening.

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Fresh Garden Reads: Summer 2022

June 8, 2022August 22, 2022

Choose a fresh summer read from this garden-inspired list of books.

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Meet Iris ‘Loreley’

Meet Iris ‘Loreley’

May 24, 2022August 24, 2022

Bearded irises are the party girls of the spring garden. Meet ‘Loreley’, who has resided in my gardens for several decades.

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How to Grow a Life Long Gardener

May 20, 2022August 22, 2022

Find out how six-year old me got hooked on gardening.

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The Secret Garden

May 14, 2022August 22, 2022

Find The Secret Garden in books, movies and poetry.

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Whose Garden Is It?

May 11, 2022August 22, 2022

In which the line between garden owner and gardener are blurred.

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A Gardener’s Transformation

A Gardener’s Transformation

May 7, 2022August 22, 2022

A big move takes me into brand-new gardening territory.

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I Get So Emotional: An Exploration of Our Attachment to Plants

May 2, 2022August 22, 2022

Explore our emotional attachment to plants from the past.

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And Way Down She Goes: Going Down the Gardenista Rabbit Hole

April 20, 2022August 22, 2022

Gardenista makes it way too easy for us to go down the gardening rabbit hole.

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Antique Seed Illustrations: How to Pin Seed History

April 3, 2022September 2, 2022

Pinning my addiction: we explore vintage seed packages and catalogues

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The Quotable Gardener: March 2022

March 20, 2022August 22, 2022

Celebrate March and the beginning of another gardening season with a timely quote.

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The Quotable Gardener: Roses

The Quotable Gardener: Roses

April 25, 2021August 22, 2022

Celebrate the beauty of June and old roses with these quotes and photos.

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Welcome!

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I'm Dani Brown, lover of heirloom plants and teller of seed stories. I discovered my passion for old-fashioned plants and gardens when I was heritage garden coordinator at a British Columbia museum.
I help gardeners (and anyone who loves food and our planet) learn why and how to find and grow heirloom plants.

Find out more about me here.


~WISE WORDS~

"Our vegetable garden is coming along well, with radishes and beans up, and we are less worried about revolution than we used to be."

Author E. B. White


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