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The good garden blog is about sharing garden inspiration and ideas from historic gardens around the world and some right next door.  Garden stories explore garden history, design, and the garden people behind famous and not-so-famous gardens.  My garden photographs span dozens of places across 5 continents.  Please join me in celebrating good garden design.

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Happy (belated) Valentine's day!

David February 21, 2017

Happy Valentine's Day!   Don't forget to let the important people in your life know how much they mean to you....   Since nothing says "I love you" like the rose, join me here on a brief trip around the world to my favorite rose gardens.  What's your favorite rose garden?

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Tags Longwood Gardens, Landriana, Kew Garden, Generalife, Regent's Park, Rose Garden, Queen Mary's Rose Garden, Patio de Acequia, Rose Arbor, Viale delle Rose, Valentine's Day
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Colonial roses

David January 29, 2016

“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” - Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden, 1856.  Thanks to gardeners willing to brave thorny stems, aphids, and diseases like “powdery mildew”, “black spot”, and “rust”   Here's a rose garden not to miss...

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In Gardenesque, French formal Tags Rudolf W. van der Goot, Rose Garden, Colonial Park, East Millstone, New Jersey
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