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great shrub

mandarin lights azalea image

psychedelic garden: my first adventure with deciduous azaleas

eleutherococcus sieboldianus 'variegatus' image

tough beauty: the shrub called eleutherococcus

ribes odoratum 2013 image

clove currant: ribes odoratum, or ribes aureum var. villosum

spiraea ‘ogon,’ extra-early and late-fall star

lowbush blueberry fall foliage image

12 trees and shrubs for great fall foliage color

cephalotaxus harringtoniana prostrata image

beloved conifer: prostrate japanese plum yew

jelena hamamelis image

great shrub: intermediate hybrid witch-hazels

fothergilla leaves fall image

great shrub: fothergilla, a multi-season star

Viburnum carlesii image

great shrub: koreanspice viburnum, v. carlesii

silver spotted skipper in aesculus image

great shrub: bottlebrush buckeye

physocarpus diablo image

great shrub: physocarpus opulifolius

kerria japonica picta image

great shrubs: kerria japonica ‘picta’

square margaret roach by erica berger image

Hello & Welcome!
'horticultural how-to and woo-woo'

A WAY TO GARDEN is the latest horticultural incarnation of me, Margaret Roach, birthed in March 2008 with my own words as its primary DNA, mingled with ideas shared in weekly expert interviews.

Since April 2020, I have been the garden columnist for “The New York Times,” where I began my journalism career decades ago. I host a public-radio podcast; I also teach online, plus hold tours at my 2.3-acre Hudson Valley (NY) Zone 6A garden, and always say no to chemicals and yes to great plants.

'horticultural how-to and woo-woo' with margaret roach, head gardener