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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.

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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.

Pond in Buchart Gardens by mswern

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Jenna in Buchart by mswern

Jenna in Buchart

Buchart Garden Falls by mswern

Buchart Garden Falls

Through the Tree by mswern

Through the Tree

And It Was (Mostly) Green by MiiiSH

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And It Was All Yellow by MiiiSH

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The star of the flower show by tibchris

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red english daises

Bee flapping and polinating by tibchris

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Budding flowers by tibchris

Budding flowers

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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.

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Montana Gardens 

We think of Montana as a great big western state with mountains and sky. See some beautiful Montana wildlife and flowers

Northern Cardinal by SearchNetMedia

Northern Cardinal

Pyrrhuloxia by SearchNetMedia

Pyrrhuloxia

Abert's Towhee by SearchNetMedia

Abert's Towhee

Abert's Towhee by SearchNetMedia

Abert's Towhee

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Man in Seward Park, 1913 by Seattle Municipal Archives

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Fort George by runJMrun

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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 started

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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.

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Watching a beekeeper 

Sometimes beekeeping can be hysterically funny. An old clip shows how.

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.

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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 designs

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South Louisiana Gardening 

Our South Louisiana gardeners don't just garden, but also write poetry. Enjoy their work.

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A Florida Koi Keeper 

Learn about koi and how much fun they can be from a Florida koi keeper.

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How to build a koi pond 

Watch a koi pond being built.

Episode65 pt6, Building a Koi Pond, LA Fishguys

Watch the sixty fifth episode of LA Fishguys as Jim Stime of Aquarium Design in Thousand Oaks CALIF., learns from Dan and Tina how to install a proper and complete Koi pond.

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Books about koi 

When your koi get sick.

Koi health and disease: Beginner to advanced life-saving technology

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Koi Health & Disease

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Missouri checks in 

Our Missouri Gardener has not just gardening abilities, but creative talents that make anything out of nothing.

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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.

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Arizona habitats 

Arizona is more than desert. See wildlife, flowers and more.

Why is one of my pictures more Flickr Interesting than another? by kevindooley

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Beee by morphin1

Beee

evening sky by dcysurfer

evening sky

Fire flowers by EloCTre

Fire flowers

Fire Flowers by EloCTre

Fire Flowers

summer's breeze by dcysurfer

summer's breeze

Sampaguita 05 by Jun's World

Sampaguita 05

Chrysanthemum 02 Details by Jun's World

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Malaysian Mum by Jun's World

Malaysian Mum

Sampaguita 01 by Jun's World

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Michigan grows garlic 

Allium from another Michigan gardener.

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And have fun gardening

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia shows her work 

Gardeners Gumbo has a quilter as well as a gardener. Show us your work at

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From the Great State of Texas 

Our Texas gardener shares her dahlias.

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From Mansfield, Indiana 

A beautiful butterfly from Indiana.
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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 at

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The subtropics of Florida 

Florida gives us beaches, flamingos and the everglades, with alligators and more

Red Hibiscus by Kievmeister

Red Hibiscus

Tricolored Heron and Spoonbill by vladeb

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Know Your Everglades Ibis by vladeb

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Nan Tien Temple, Wollongong by vijay_chennupati

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Fish from Arizona 

We have a aquarium keeper. Have a look

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Miniature rose from the thumb of Michigan 

One of our gumbo contributors rescued this rose.

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Flea market finds 

Found at an Arizona flea market. Wow.

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From my New Orleans garden 

Just a few photos we share on Gardeners' Gumbo

From a New Orleans garden

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From the Pondladys Pad 

Day to day musings, photos, pond tidbits from Jan Goldfield, the pondlady

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Ask our gardeners 

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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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Gardeners good stuff 

Find just what you are looking for, kitchen or garden right here.

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Our favorite gardening books 

Read about gardening, see great designs from great garden writers

Dexter by Design: A Novel

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The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos

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The Curious Garden

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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

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by pondlady

When Jan Goldfield took up the task of building a pond in her backyard in 1987, it was strictly as a hobby. Once completed, Goldfield´s garden and po... (more)

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