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Articles written by New England Wild Flower Society's horticulture staff which provide various tips for improving your home landscape.

Autumn's Money Tree

Cashing in those ubiquitous autumn leaves

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Backyard Bog

Tips on buidling your very own bog

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Barring Bambi – How to Browse-proof Your Plantings

Is Bambi eating you out of house and home? With winter here and hordes of hungry deer, protecting your garden from grazing damage can be a challenge. Here at New England Wild Flower Society, we struggle with the same issues. Read what you can do at home to help your garden and the local animals get along.

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The Big E Habitat Garden

Designed and installed by New England Wild Flower Society, the Habitat Garden at the Big E is filled with native plants, habitat boxes, and bee boxes.

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Colors of Autumn

Why do leaves turn colors?

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Containers: Twelve Helpful Hints

How to add accents to your garden

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Fall Fragrance

Scott LaFleur answers questions about fall fragrance in the garden

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Green Roofs

A three-part series on the benefits and techniques of this eco-friendly approach -- stay tuned for the third report

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Leaf Column Construction

How to make your own "composting" leaf fence

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Look Up

A view of the over-story at Garden in the Woods

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The Moon and Its Garden

New England Wild Flower Society's former Botanic Garden Director on creating your own moon garden

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Native Plants: The Sustainable Choice

Native plants as a choice for sustainable horticulture

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Native Wildflowers for Shade

Great choices for low light areas of your garden

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New Waves in Landscape Remediation

Discussing new techniques in solving landscape remediation problems. Bio logs, live stakes and Floating islands. Originally published in the Ecological Landscape Association News letter.

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Planning and Planting a Pond

Horticulturist Kristin DeSouza shares her favorite spot at Garden in the Woods and presents suggestions for pond gardening at home.

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Rain Gardens

New England Wild Flower Society's step-by-step guide to building your own rain garden

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Rain Garden Plant List

Start your rain garden with Scott LaFleur’s plant suggestions

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Trees: A Challenge of Perspective

We now realize that there are a number of cooperative activities in arboreal life processes and that trees normally, not by exception, depend on multiple other organisms of their own and diverse species for sustained health.

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Visiting the Autumn Garden

Scott LaFleur, Horticultural Director, takes visitors to Garden in the Woods, on an autumn walk through the Garden.

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What's the BIG Idea

Horticulture Director Scott LaFleur discusses reworking the Idea Garden at Garden in the Woods in 2011

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Winter: Please don't pass the salt

Why you shouldn't use deicers on your walks and driveways

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