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Table of Contents

From the Editor 3

Table of Contents 4

Reader Tips 10

Fall's Last Hurrah! 14

Beds, Borders or Bouquets? 20

Chimney Swifts — The Neighbors Upstairs 22

Gorgeous Containers for Fall 26

Which Minor Bulb is Right for You? 34

11 Perennials Loaded with Blooms Summer to Fall 36

Features

Gold Stars 48

Overlooked and underappreciated, these versatile native perennials are pure garden gold.

Readers Share: I Wish I hadn't Planted THAT 58

A Beautiful Collection 62

This lush Portland oasis is brimming with Japanese maples and dwarf conifers.

Texture 72

The secret ingredient to make your gardens pop.

Color Your Fall Border 80

Q&A 84

Little Shrub, Big Impact 86

Give Your Garden Personality 88

Accessorize your garden with ornaments that spin, sparkle, glow or glimmer.

Know Your Zone 97

Finishing Touches 98

I'm a Master Gardener 99


Gardening is our passion

Flowers bursting with color. Fragrance floating along the breeze. Fruit ripening. Bees pollinating. These garden pleasures tell only half of the story. Boots discarded at the door, dirtied shovels hung in the shed and leaves thrown into the compost tell the rest. We know what goes on behind the scenes to make a great garden. From a yard sprawling with dazzling perennials to a single violet on a windowsill, gardens and gardeners of all kinds inspire us.

Connect with Garden Gate

Like a homegrown bounty passed across the neighbor's fence, Garden Gate magazine gathers and shares wisdom that can help any thumb turn green. Here's how you can connect with us and grow:

  • Garden Gate magazine is a quarterly publication packed with tips, inspirational gardens, expert advice and quality gardening information delivered right to your door.
  • Garden Gate Notes, our free weekly newsletter, gives you seasonal information right to your inbox and takes the guesswork out of gardening tasks to help you know what to know when.
  • Our social media accounts, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, help you stay up-to-date with current gardening information, give a behind-the-scenes peek at our production process and have sweet giveaways for you to win. Follow us @GardenGateMagazine.
  • On our Pinterest page, Garden Gate Magazine, you can scour endless gardening ideas and tips and save your favorites for later.
  • Garden Gate Magazine YouTube channel has lots of instructional videos, simple how-to's and charming stories of gardeners just like you.
  • Garden Gate Seminars and Garden Gate University deepen your understanding of your favorite topic and include online instruction from gardening experts.
  • Our special interest books mean you can take the best gardening information with you wherever you go!

Flip or scroll through pages of phenomenal photography, helpful illustrations and practical advice, but don't just let it take your breath away. When you close the cover of our magazine or exit one of our online resources, slip on your garden gloves, grab your trowel and walk into your garden geared with the freshest techniques, design ideas and plant information.

Head for the soil. Let's garden together.


Magazine Staff

Editorial Department

Kaitlyn Hayes
Contributing Editor
Kristin Beane Sullivan
Executive Editor
Sherri Ribbey
Senior Editor

Art Department

Eric Flynn
Executive Art Director
Jack Coyier
Multimedia Producer
Katie Meyer
Digital Production Specialist

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