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In my weekly gardening blog find out about the latest new plants, or try your hand at foraging and creating a floral arrangement with lots of pictures and DIY, or how to solve that pesky landscape issue that is a problem.

The Garden Diaries

I write a weekly gardening blog called TheGardenDiaries about the “ups and downs”of the gardening world. Whatever I am doing in the garden – It could be planting veggies or flowers, decorating for the Holidays, cooking from the garden, planting my outdoor containers, or upcoming garden trends – I write about it. Find out about the latest new plants, or try your hand at foraging and creating a floral arrangement with lots of pictures and DIY, or how to solve that pesky landscape issue that is a problem. You name it, if it has to do with gardening, I have written about it!

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Articles by Claire

Sensational Porch Pots

Article in The American Gardener Magazine

Plant in the Spotlight-Honeywort

Article in The American Gardener Magazine

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I write a weekly gardening blog called The Garden Diaries about the “ups and downs” of the gardening world.
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Healing Labyrinth

On a difficult sloping site, a bluestone labyrinth 24 feet in diameter with a boulder water feature was installed as a healing journey to the…
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Transforming a Hillside into Pond and Waterfall

The process of terracing a steep hillside with walls, steps, and a beautiful pond and waterfall, turned an unattractive problem area into a functional attractive…
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Innovative Garden Design of a Small Property

A transformation of a retirement community unit presented a unique challenge with a small area and a sloping site.
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Beekeeping for Newbees and Wannabees

Beekeeping has moved from the pastime of fusty middle-aged men to young urban couples and singles. It is trendy now to become a beekeeper!
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Plant These For the Bees

Planting the proper flowers, trees, and shrubs for pollinators, but it won’t work if you use chemical controls on your property.
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Garden Trip-Chelsea, Wales, and Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds

If you have never been to the Chelsea Flower Show or the Cotswolds & Wales, read on if you want to check this off on…
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Containers with Pizzaz-Not Your Ordinary Container

I create containers for clients all the time and am always looking for inspiration to move away from the “geraniums with spike and trailer” school…
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Hairy Balls and Pollinators

Visitors looking over my garden in the fall, always ask what the strange-looking plant is that is forming large spiny pods. Growing in my veggie…
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Neonic Pesticide Free Nursery

Neonic and Pesticide Free Nurseries

After picking out dead honeybees from a honeycomb frame recently, I pledged to use only plants that are neonic free. Neonics or neonicotinoids have been…
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English Gardens Grand Estates & Cottage Gardens

English Gardens-Grand Estates & Cottage Gardens

If you have never been to the Hampton Court Flower Show or other iconic English gardens, read on if you want to check this off…
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Labyrinth Plantings

Labyrinth Plantings

Last year, I posted about installing a stone labyrinth for a client. We started in the fall, worked through the winter, and just finished up…
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In the News

Read an article in the Baltimore Sun about my White House experience at White House Holiday

My labyrinth design was featured in the Wall Street Journal at Labyrinths Bring Peace

Poster Designs

Here are some of my hand drawn graphics for bee friendly gardens. Click here to view all designs ready for purchase at my Etsy Shop.

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