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Lexi Dearborn

Hello!

Welcome to the Gabby Gardener. I’m Lexi Dearborn.
I’m excited to share with you posts on gardening, horticulture, planning, design, lighting and so much more.
Have a read and drop me a line if there’s something special you’d like more information on.

Professional Landscape Designer | Certified Horticulturalist

Unravel the mystery of reading plant tags

Reading plant tags can feel a bit overwhelming, however, the information on a plant tag is important. It’s the key to helping you successfully select plants for your home gardens and containers. Let’s see if we can ‘unravel the mystery’ […]

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Facts and Fables about growing Peony

Botanical Name:  Paeonia spp. Flower colours: Pink, purple, red, white and yellow Peony are perennial herbaceous plants that come back year after year with large, fragrant blooms. They are long-lived with some lasting up to 100-years-old. They require little to […]

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Landscape construction is like a train!

I’ve always thought of landscape construction much like a really big, long train. There’s a heavy locomotive (or maybe two) leading the way with box cars following along behind, all trudging its way down the tracks. And, sometimes there’s a […]

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