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Garden Tour Mania: How To Find Your Authentic Voice When Surrounded By A Tidal Wave of Perfection

by Fran Sorin March 15, 2015 – Posted in: Garden Design

The first time I was asked to be on a garden tour, a combination of unadulterated excitement and raw fear kept me working at break neck speed with little sleep for the month prior to it. I’ve got to admit that I felt privileged to be asked to participate. But I also felt like an [...]

How To Re-ignite Your Passion In The Garden

by Fran Sorin October 18, 2011 – Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Musings

Gardeners are perfectionists. We give ourselves high marks for weed free, mulched, pruned, and manicured gardens. Now, don’t get me wrong. I love to flip through the pages of a glossy magazine gazing at magnificently coiffed gardens as much as anyone. Who doesn’t? When I was a beginning gardener, I started with a velvet red [...]