From away to garden.com and Robinhood Radio.com, this is Away to Garden with Margaret

Roach.

You're a weekly invitation to dig in and grow.

When shorter colder days have us indoors more, a bit of the tanical company can make it

all a lot brighter.

Today's show has suggestions for some winter solstice decorating, for bringing

a bit of nature indoors for the offseason to reconnect us with the garden and provide some cheer.

And not just the obvious holiday centerpiece for wreath, but the right succulents for winter bloom

and easy care and some unexpected found goodies from outdoors to call into action too and how to

make them last.

More in a moment but first this message.

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My guest today is Kathy Tracey Co-owner with her husband Chris of

Avant Gardens Nursery and Dartmouth, Massachusetts,

a source for exceptional plants in person and by mail. They're also known for their design

services and popular how-to classes, including lots of botanical crafty ones. Hi, Kathy,

are you feeling crafty? How are you? Hello, Margaret. So nice to be with you again. Yeah, I know it long time no see or whatever.

Yeah, so you know, I've been kind of indoors more although it's been unseasonably warm so far but still it's I've been indoors more and I'm like, okay, how can I

brighten it up in here? And I think most of the birds took all my winterberry hollies, but whatever from outside.

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