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		<title>Mostly native plant list for a modern California garden</title>
		<link>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/11/01/mostly-native-plant-list-for-a-modern-california-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel Lichtenwalter and Ryan Gates of Grow Outdoor Design, based in Los Angeles, have introduced me to some really creative gardens they have designed. And what strikes me when seeing these mostly small, urban landscapes, is how well plants are used as architectural elements within the spaces they reside. You won&#8217;t see fluffy cottage gardens with English-inspired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backyard Bouquets</title>
		<link>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/10/26/backyard-bouquets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may know, I&#8217;ve been working on a book about local and seasonal floral design for several years, since 2007 to be precise. My collaborator, photographer David Perry, and I have been using the working title, A Fresh Bouquet. But that&#8217;s all changing now, with a new title from our new publisher, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plant a conifer in a container for evergreen appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/10/07/plant-a-conifer-in-a-container-for-evergreen-appeal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/10/07/plant-a-conifer-in-a-container-for-evergreen-appeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The October issue of Better Homes &#38; Gardens features a container design story that I created with my talented BFF Jean Zaputil of Seattle-based Jean Zaputil Garden Design. This story began when I pitched the idea of a feature about using ornamental and dwarf conifers as the focal point of a fall container . . . [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charm in the country: my early fall trip to Skagit Valley and Bellingham</title>
		<link>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/10/04/charm-in-the-country-my-early-fall-trip-to-skagit-valley-and-bellingham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A few weeks ago, at the invitation of the Whatcom Horticultural Society, I spent a relaxing 24 hours surrounded by gardens, flowers and nature &#8211; as well the company of like-minded plant-lovers.  &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you come up to my house on Wednesday morning and we&#8217;ll go see some gardens before you give your lecture?&#8221; my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On location with Jamie Durie for Better Homes &amp; Gardens</title>
		<link>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/09/02/on-location-with-jamie-durie-for-better-homes-gardens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/09/02/on-location-with-jamie-durie-for-better-homes-gardens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On his popular HGTV show The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie, stylemaker Jamie Durie uses interior and architectural design tricks to amp up dreary backyards. By the end of a whirlwind 30-minute episode, you&#8217;re energized and inspired. Of course, nimble edits have compressed a couple of days of dirt, sweat and (possibly) tears into a dreamy landscape for the small screen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Container Design Lecture</title>
		<link>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/06/14/container-design-lecture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Andrew Buchanan, a photographer friend and former Seattle Post-Intelligencer colleague, told me that Slides.com is the best value for scanning 35mm slides into digital files. It costs about $1.00 per slide, which is a good bargain compared with $2.50 per slide that local labs charge.  As an experiment, I sent 44 cardboard- and plastic-framed slides that have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contemporary trellises for your upwardly-mobile plants</title>
		<link>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/06/01/contemporary-trellises-for-your-upwardly-mobile-plants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Note: a version of this story appeared in the print edition of last Saturday&#8217;s LA Times HOME section and in today&#8217;s LA Times @ Home blog. Instead of a spindly, mass-produced support for your rose or bougainvillea, why not give that over-achiever a sturdy structure on which to climb? And why not train those vines and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamie Durie&#8217;s very personal version of The Outdoor Room</title>
		<link>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/05/28/jamie-duries-very-own-version-of-the-outdoor-room/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 16:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I joined Jamie Durie, of HGTV&#8217;s &#8220;The Outdoor Room,&#8221; for brunch and an interview in LA I&#8217;ve been after celebrity garden designer Jamie Durie for more than a year to let me come and do a story about his personal Los Angeles backyard. I sensed he was stalling because, like many of us who make gardens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Foraged Dinner at The Herbfarm</title>
		<link>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/05/07/a-foraged-dinner-at-the-herbfarm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 05:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I was a guest at The Herbfarm, the only AAA 5-Diamond restaurant west of Chicago and north of San Francisco, rated number 1 in the Pacific Northwest for both food and service by the Zagat Guide.  Dining there is a true &#8220;culinary experience&#8221; that draws food aficionados from around the world. I&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got twigs? Branch out and decorate your garden</title>
		<link>http://www.debraprinzing.com/2011/04/25/got-twigs-branch-out-and-decorate-your-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you&#8217;re tidying up the spring garden with pruning, trimming and other projects, inevitably you will end up with a pile of twigs. Yes, they can go into the chipper or the compost bin, but these pliable, young branches can also be pressed into service in the garden. I wrote about &#8220;saving twigs&#8221; for my [...]]]></description>
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