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April 27, 2011

Garden paths: the beauty of public gardens

Winterthur: photographed by Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun

Garden Variety readers!

Here's a sneak preview of my Sunday story in the Travel section of The Baltimore Sun. We chose 10 public gardens -- show-stoppers and little gems -- to visit in the region: From Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania to George Washington's River Farm in Virginia.

We give you tips on how to get there and what you'll see, as well as a brief introduction to each garden and its history.

And, we've put together a spectacular slide show of photographs from these gardens, as well as a link to Cheval Opps, a retired IBM executive who now has her dream job -- arranging garden tours for groups.

Posted by Susan Reimer at 4:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Garden tours

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What a great article! You have so many on this list I have never heard of. Thanks for the great info.
Brenda

And there are many, many more! -- Susan

Posted by: Brenda | April 27, 2011 10:34 PM

This is great! I love the diverse selection of public gardens you suggested - they're all so beautiful and close by to visit. I can't wait for Sunday to read your full story !

Now all I have to do is find a way to get the days off work to go see all these places!!! -- Susan

Posted by: Louise Eliason | April 28, 2011 11:22 AM

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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