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Beautiful Gardens 2014 • 3 VOLUME 13 CONTENTS
NOtEBOOk Purple is the 'must have' colour the Never Alone rose
Alberta elm-pruning ban is over Letters...
Editor’s message GARDENs
17 great performers to consider in 2015
Outdoor planters offer winter long beauty
Humn Pharmaceuticals talks about menthol and pain relief
Retirement retreat in sherwood Park
Garden impressionism the circle of life Fit for a queen
the quilting garden Monarch update
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the Ryder garden in Edmonton. Cover photo by Dorothy Dobbie.
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2015 Garden tours
Make the most of your small outdoor space
COLUMNS Owls are a hoot!
Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home
What we love this winter Warm up with comfort foods Gardening with kids
10 Neat things about snow Classifieds
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