Garden
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World
My Kind of October Surprise
In Middle Tennessee, October is supposed to mean golden light and falling leaves and clear nights cool enough to make…
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World
Poem: Jobs for the Weekend
The work of the garden is never merely human work. The animals, insects and plants join in labor with the…
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Real Estate
What Kind of Year Has It Been for Gardeners? An Aggravating One.
From spongy moth caterpillars to torrential rains, this garden season has been plagued by one challenge after another.
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Politics
Atop an Underwater Hot Spring, an ‘Octopus Garden’ Thrives
The heat, a new study suggests, makes for an ideal breeding ground for these eight-legged animals.
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Real Estate
More Plants, More Life, More Pleasure: What Sets the Best Gardens Apart
Having an ecologically responsible landscape doesn’t mean you need to get rid of your favorite plants: “It’s about letting things…
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Real Estate
Painting With Light: This Garden Shows How It’s Done
Innisfree, in Millbrook, N.Y., “doesn’t look like other gardens.” That’s by design.
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Books
Penn Station Is a Perpetual Mess. Change May Be at Hand.
There may finally be hope for New York’s busiest, dreariest train hub, with a new plan to improve it, the…
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World
Prestigious Rose Breeder Names Its New Bloom for a Black Gardener
For more than 60 years, David Austin Roses has named new varieties after historical British figures, all of them white.…
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Books
Ebony G. Patterson Brings a Crowd to the New York Botanical Garden
All that glitters isn’t what you expect at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. The vultures have landed.
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Real Estate
Gardening Is Hard Work. Music Can Help.
Our garden expert shares the playlist that has helped her stay motivated while working outdoors — starting with James Brown…