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The American Gardener: A Treatise on the Situation, Soil, # and Laying Out of Gardens, on the Making and Managing of Hot-Beds and Green-Houses and on ... of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Flowers.

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Stanley Harland died in 1998, passing the garden on to his son Nigel, who valiantly continues its upkeep. Managing a garden on this scale cannot be easy, especially on a budget. The maintenance regime appears to be one of managed decline, with the focus on clearance and access rather than new planting. This is a pity as there must be many unmarked hybrids in the garden that are worthy of identification and propagation. All articles with orange titles are open to the public to read.* Features in this Issue Wildlife-Friendly Groundcovers by Amy Ellsworth

Primped and polished gardens are all very well (we’ll be seeing a lot of them at Chelsea in a few days’ time) but for those of us who work and can’t afford help they can be a little intimidating. Small imperfections are natural and larger ones excusable. They render a garden approachable and understandable, revealing something about the way it works and the gardener that tends it. Flaws also lend a garden part of its atmosphere: glorious disarray is so much more evocative than clinical maintenance. The only gardens I never warm to belong to those stately homes, suburban villas and monotonous bungalows possessed of velvet-pile lawns, gappy planting and bushes so tightly pruned that they appear to have given up on life.Read about buds that contribute subtle beauty to the winter landscape, palms for home gardens, a California man’s quest to save endangered western monarch butterflies, promoting gardening at public libraries, and more. Add to the beauty of your landscape by dividing your own plants to create an impact with masses of identical offspring. In Defense of the Freedom to Garden by Marianne Willburn

My first ever visit to The American Garden yesterday (05/22) drew me to read a bit about it – thank you for that info. Discounted or free admission at select flower and garden shows where the AHS is presenting Environmental AwardsThe LA Green Grounds Teaching Garden brings the world together in South Los Angeles. Captivating Toad Lilies by Bill Johnson Feature articles run 1,500 to 2,500 words, depending on subject and assignment. Freelance submissions are also encouraged for the following departments:

All articles with orange titles are open to the public to read.* Features in this Issue Gardening for Birds by Jo Ann Abell It is little known, receives no subsidy, isn’t RHS or anything like that – but is the MOST GLORIOUS RHODODENDRON and AZALEA spot I have ever seen, for myself. TOTALLY ‘UNSPOILED’ one hardly has time to draw breath, as one moves through this heavenly valley of unsurpassed floral beauty! It “beggars belief’ that around each corner as you walk through this garden, you discover yet another “breathtaking” display of glorious, colourful, mind blowing blooms ! The whole aura here “pervades your senses”– transcending anything worldly, leaving you suspended in nature and the “wonder” of it! I guess the true lovers of this garden experience “covet” their own discovery of it – to such an extent, that we don’t seek to publicise its’ existence, selfishly hoping it will retain its’‘magic’ and never “be discovered” by commercialism. Keep it a secret 😷 or allow word-of-mouth to suffice.Plant in the Spotlight. An in-depth profile of a single plant species or cultivar, including a personal perspective on why it’s a favored plant. Runs 600 words.

On a previous visit a tree-sized Embothrium coccineum, the fabulous Chilean fire bush, grew in the centre of the garden’s largest glade. Sadly this has now fallen, leaving behind the clump of wisteria-covered azaleas that grew in its shade. I hope The American Garden does not go the way of other gardens from this era that have found themselves without sufficient funds; swamped by sycamores and brambles, waiting for rescue. East Kent could benefit from a garden of this kind if only it had the means to smarten up its act and resume the building of a strong plant collection. In the meantime the experience of a visit to The American Garden, parking in a neighbouring orchard and plunging into the gloaming of The Dell, is like entering Jurassic Park. Your senses alive, you’ll discover many things, but there won’t be a tightly clipped bush in sight. Gardens designed to attract birds are not only more interesting, they are more ecologically sound. A Taste of the TropicsExemplifying glorious disarray, if not wild abandon, is a little known valley in South East Kent known as The American Garden. You won’t find it in any guide book, and without a decent map you may not locate it at all. However, during the month of May you’ll find The American Garden open each weekend from 2-5.30pm. I’d urge you to make the detour and immerse yourself in its dank, dark, yet exuberant depths.

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