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  Your dream garden checklist: lush borders; garden sculptures; water features; modern grasses; arbours; a royal rhodo collection; Quebec gardens we love; natural suncare solutions and more! more

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  How seed savvy are you?

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  Anja Sonnenberg

  Seeds come in hundreds of different shapes and sizes, but they all have the same purpose—to reproduce. Whether you buy your seeds or collect them from the garden, there are a few tips and trick to ensure they germinate successfully after you've sown them. Take our quiz and test your seed knowledge.

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• From the Editor

  

  Garden of Eden

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  Erin McLaughlin

  When it comes to garden breadth, be careful what you wish for. After years of pining for a garden that would allow me an opportunity to really, well, garden, I got exactly that. After a very wet spring and an even hotter start to the summer, my garden is now well under way. This year I'm not going to worry about creating a perfect garden—I'm just content to learn about its foibles and its beauty.

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