May 4, 2026 Luca Ghini, Mary Sutherland, Charlotte Turner Smith, Ninfa by Charles Quest-Ritson, and Gertrude Clarke Nuttall
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Today's Show Notes
Early May is a strange time in the garden.
Nothing announces itself.
A branch that was bare three days ago now has leaves the size of a squirrel's ear.
The groundcover that seemed nonexistent last week is suddenly there—not because anything dramatic happened, but because it kept going while you weren't with it.
That's how gardens work.
They don't wait for you. They don't perform.
They just keep going and…
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