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Matt Mattus is an American horticulturist and visual designer. Author of Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening and the popular award winning gardening blog GROWING WITH PLANTS, Matt's gardens, greenhouse and plant collections have been featured in both lifestyle publication like Martha Stewart Living and Better Homes and Gardens as well as in many plant society journals. A popular speaker on many gardening topics,

Matt is the past president of the North American Rock Garden Society, the past editor of the American Primrose Society Journal and is an officer in many specialist plant societies.. He currently sits on the Board as a Trustee of the Tower Hill Botanic Garden and is Vice President of the 175 year old Worcester County Horticultur ...more

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	Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening: Rare Varieties * Unusual Options * Plant Lore & Guidance 4.49 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening: A Gardener's Guide to Growing Flowers, from Today's Favorites to Unusual Varieties 3.98 avg rating — 82 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Trend: How To Innovate In An Over-Designed World 3.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Winter Gardening

Yes, it's snowing outside here in central Massachusetts but in the greenhouse - it's perfectly warm (if one could call 60 degree's warm!). This weekend marks the official seed starting season here - which for me is mostly flowers right now (perennials, alpines, and rock garden plants, and some long-season cool-growing annuals). Most of the veggies I've learned to hold back on sowing, with each yea Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 27, 2019 13:58 • Tags: apiaceae, celery, parsley, sowing-seed, vernalization

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Two Gardeners: Katharine S. White & Elizabeth Lawrence--A Friendship in Letters

by Katharine S. White

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The Gardens of Bunny Mellon: The first study of the gardens and landscapes designed by the famed society hostess

by Linda Jane Holden

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Hypertufa Containers: Creating and Planting an Alpine Trough Garden

by Lori Chips (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 27, 2019 01:39PM

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“For me, food quality isn’t a question of organic versus conventional, or no-till versus digging-in, or heirloom versus hybrid. It’s a question of what I want to grow, and what I should do to help each seed or plant become the best vegetable it can possibly be.”
― Matt Mattus, Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening: Rare Varieties * Unusual Options * Plant Lore & Guidance

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