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10/07/2025

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09/23/2025

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09/09/2025

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08/26/2025

Who's leading your household's yard transformation? Learn about the green gender gap in our latest newsletter at designyourwild.com.

With wisdom and inspiration from Ted Johnson

08/12/2025

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07/29/2025

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07/15/2025

In today's newsletter, learn to photograph your garden with your phone. With wisdom and illustrative photographs by renowned British garden photographer , author of How to Photograph Gardens. Read at www.designyourwild.com.

06/30/2025

06/17/2025

Yes, you can grow in shade! Most of the Eastern U.S. was originally forest, with lots of life under the tree canopy. Learn more about gardening in shade in my latest newsletter at designyourwild.com

With wisdom and inspiration from .alice.fenton@gardens_illustrated

06/04/2025

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05/20/2025

Woohoo, Design Your Wild is now the No. 1 Substack about North American garden design! This distinction garners attention for our mission: to bring joy and bolster biodiversity with great design and native plants. I appreciate each of you joining me in this journey to create beautifully designed, mostly-native yards. And I am especially thankful to paying subscribers whose support drives the league tables.

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05/06/2025

My subscriber hesitates to plant trees and shrubs for fear they'll grow too tall. Read my latest Substack newsletter on how to visualize tree and shrub size -- and get planting.

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