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Meet Gardeners Everywhere
Gardeners Gumbo is a gardening forum where gardeners from all over the world share their ideas, problems, solutions, photographs, laughs, stories and good times.
Join us and meet fascinating folks who share your love of gardening. We swap recipes, pet stories, children stories and grandchildren stories, brags and antics.
From flowers to vegetables, from daylilies to dahlias, ponds to pets, even beekeeping, learn what people from zone 3 to zone 10 grow in their gardens.
As with any spicy stew, the more the merrier. C'mon, let us meet you and spice up our gumbo with your photos, your stories, your gardens tales, triumphs and failures. Get suggestions, give suggestions, have a good time in our gardening community.
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From Canada
A British Columbia garden
Our British Columbia gardener shares her photos, designs, triumphs and failures. See her garden for great ideas.Join Gardeners Gumbo to meet our BC gardener
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The Gardens of British Columbis
Vancouver Island and Vancouver, BC has some of the most beautiful gardens on earth, from Buchart Gardens just outside of Victoria to wild gardens along the sides of roads.
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Montana Spring
Lilacs in Montana
Montana, the Big Sky State, has a phenomenal springtime. Meet our Montana gardener. Find out if these beauties will grow at your house.Gardeners Gumbo
Montana Gardens
We think of Montana as a great big western state with mountains and sky. See some beautiful Montana wildlife and flowers
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Lillies
Spider! (Again)
The Moon
More Palm Trees
Stephenson nature pr...
Thursday's Walk
Nova Scotia, Canada
Where spring starts late
Spring starts in May in Nova Scotia, Canada. Our Nova Scotia gardener is planting up a storm right now. See what she brought home just to get startedJoin Gardeners Gumbo to meet an Nova Scotia gardener
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Our Michigan Beekeeper
We learn about beekeeping from a master
In Michigan where spring comes late, our beekeeper is already busy. See Al's apiary and how he captures and keeps bees. He harvests yummy honey. And because he keeps bees, he keeps wonderful flowers.Gardeners Gumbo
Watching a beekeeper
John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson - Beekeeping
Hysterical sketch w/ Cleese as a beekeeping expert and Atkinson as a terrible television show host. Recorded live in 1981. Shh.
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Tennessee Totems
Our Tennessee Gardener shows her talent
We talk about more than gardens. We discuss totems, found things, stained glass, gourd art and other garden crafts.Gardeners Gumbo
North Carolina gardening
Coastal North Carolina shows her stuff
I never knew that coastal North Carolina and New Orleans could grow most of the same things. Meet our NC gardener and enjoy her flowers and designsGardeners Gumbo
South Louisiana Gardening
Our South Louisiana gardeners don't just garden, but also write poetry. Enjoy their work.Gardener's Gumbo
A Florida Koi Keeper
Learn about koi and how much fun they can be from a Florida koi keeper.How to build a koi pond
Koi Pond Building Details
A lot of people wrote us asking for more details on how we built the self-standing RePoBrain Koi pond. This covers wood construction, bolting and lining. If you want to see more don't forget to see our first video, titled Koi Pond Built by RePoBrain
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Books about koi
Koi health and disease: Beginner to advanced life-saving technology
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A practical guide to infectious, parasitic, and environmental diseases of koi
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Missouri checks in
Our Missouri Gardener has not just gardening abilities, but creative talents that make anything out of nothing.Visit a Missouri garden at
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From Arizona, gardening and writing
A great gardener and a writer team up to share not just flower, but tales of the Native Americans, souls, poets, sculptors and day to day musings.Come visit us at
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Arizona habitats
Arizona is more than desert. See wildlife, flowers and more.
Purple Flowers
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Tres Poppies
Golden Poppy
Poppy and Bud
Golden Pompoms
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David and Goliath
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Michigan grows garlic
Allium from another Michigan gardener.Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia shows her work
Gardeners Gumbo has a quilter as well as a gardener. Show us your work atGardeners Gumbo
See you there.
From the Great State of Texas
Our Texas gardener shares her dahlias.From Mansfield, Indiana
A beautiful butterfly from Indiana.See more photos at
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From Penescola, Florida
In Florida, hibiscus can grow to the size of dinner plates. Share your photos and stories with us atGardeners' Gumbo
The subtropics of Florida
Florida gives us beaches, flamingos and the everglades, with alligators and more
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Fish from Arizona
We have a aquarium keeper. Have a lookMiniature rose from the thumb of Michigan
One of our gumbo contributors rescued this rose.Flea market finds
Found at an Arizona flea market. Wow.From my New Orleans garden
Just a few photos we share on Gardeners' Gumbo
From a New Orleans garden
From the Pondladys Pad
Day to day musings, photos, pond tidbits from Jan Goldfield, the pondlady
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Talk with other gardeners from your part of the world or far parts of your world. Leave your comments here, but come visit us at Gardeners' Gumbo.
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cheryllynn
HEY! This is a brilliant idea!! I gotta do this with some doggie people! :) Posted May 06, 2008 |
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bdkz
Wow, these are amazing gardens!. Great job on this lens. 5 Stars and a Squid Angel Blessing from me! Posted March 31, 2008 |
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pondlady
Just come to gardenersgumbo.com and register. You will get a confirmation email. Use that to return to the site and you are a member. We look forward to meeting you. Posted March 17, 2008 |
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UMT
What does it take to join you if I may ask? Posted March 17, 2008 |
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mity
Looks like a great site. Off to check it out. Posted December 09, 2007 |
Gardeners good stuff
Baker's Edge Nonstick Edge Brownie Pan
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Escali Primo Digital Multifunctional Scale
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OXO Salad Spinner
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Black & Decker SZ360 3.6-Volt Ni-Cad Cordless Power Scissors
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Black & Decker CHV1500 15.6-Volt HEPA Cyclonic DustBuster
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Our favorite gardening books
Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People
Amazon Price: $48.00 (as of 05/16/2008)
Landscaping with Stone (Home Landscaping)
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 05/16/2008)
Perennial Combinations: Stunning Combinations That Make Your Garden Look Fantastic Right from the Start (Rodale Garden Book)
Amazon Price: $15.38 (as of 05/16/2008)
Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 05/16/2008)
Ortho's All About Creating Japanese Gardens (Ortho's All About Gardening)
Amazon Price: $9.56 (as of 05/16/2008)
