Horticulture

WEEDING OUT WORRY

AS GARDENERS, we know we feel better when we’re working in the garden. Nothing pulls weeds faster than a few frustrations, but it’s much more than that. When we work in our gardens, we get physical activity in the outdoors; we have a front-row seat to insect, plant, bird and animal life cycles; and we enjoy a palette where we use fragrances and colors and textures and design principles to create something uniquely beautiful and uniquely ours. For many of us, our gardens are our canvases where we exercise our imagination and our creativity.

In the September/October 2023 issue of , I

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