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The Natives Are Priceless

John Friel

I worry about our current collective attitude regarding natives and non-natives. We don’t need to choose one and spurn or denigrate the other.

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Is “Safety in Numbers” Back?

John Friel

I think we’re all rarin’ to go from virtual back to f2f, but I suspect many—me, for instance—are also still a bit nervous.

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The Edible Environment

John Friel

The idea of eating invasive species is an odd ally of foodscaping.

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It’s Been HOW Long??

John Friel

It’s every writer’s conceit that our clever ranks of kinked ink, or pixels, are a vast improvement over the purity of the empty page/screen.

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Year of the Hybrid

John Friel

For reasons no one should need explained, this year, PPA went hybrid. And it’s largely working pretty darned well.

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Christmas in August

John Friel

I learned that the only thing prettier than a greenhouse full of well-grown poinsettias is the same greenhouse, just emptied.

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The Flower Show, at Large

John Friel

When an event held indoors for nearly two centuries ventures outside, there are bound to be opportunities and challenges.

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Speaking of Grasses

John Friel

Just as remote learning hasn’t changed Murphy’s Law, the ever-growing importance and popularity of natives hasn’t repealed or weakened the Right Plant, Right Place rule.

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May I Quote You?

John Friel

Let’s explore some plant-related pith.

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Pencil Me In

John Friel

No single person on earth can get that plant onto your garden center bench, or off it and into a home garden. It takes a global village.