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Historic London Town & Gardens
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Aug 28, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Modular Greens
Summer is for color. Summer gardens are filled with vivacious annuals and perennial flower colors. But summer in a woodland/sun garden is...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jul 23, 20211 min read
#Botanist Lens: Summer Plants at London Town
Summer gardens in the Mid-Atlantic are full of opportunities with ample choices from foliage to flowers to seed pods. Here are some...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jul 14, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: BMP for a sustainable landscape: cultural weed control
One of the 'Best Management Practices' (BMP's) for a sustainable landscape, whether it is fragile like a woodland garden or a steady rock...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jul 1, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Summer solstice and photoperiodism
Happy summer! Come June end, here in the Mid-Atlantic, most seasonal gardens will see sprouts of summer color with Gladioli, Rudbeckias,...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jun 18, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Al paints hydrangeas!
Boosting plant vigor is easy to do with many organic ingredients like eggs shells, coffee grounds and various other commercial plant...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jun 15, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Perennial 'healers' for every garden.
Chamomile, Paeonia and Hypericum are all perennials that aren't used together as often in an ornamental garden, but what a lovely...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Jun 9, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Apothecary garden filled with Gallicas, Damasks, Tea roses and even Knock outs!
Gardens are healing, for the mind, body, and the soul. Aroma, taste or none of it at all, and a rose is still a rose! Even one single...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
Apr 22, 20212 min read
#BotanistLens: Stewardship of ephemeral wildflowers in mesic woodlands of London Town
Nestled between large Tulip Poplars, Red Oaks, Black gum, Dogwoods and Viburnums, are precious wildflowers found in the woodland gardens...
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