From AwayToGarden.com and RobinhoodRadio.com, this is AwayToGarden with Margaret Roach.

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

More isn't always better, of course, but in the case of the gardens profiled in the new

book Garden to the Max, it definitely is.

Whether it's more color, more texture, more drama,

or all of the above, and then some, smartly used for maximum impact.

The many faces of maximalist gardening, plus perhaps some inspiration for turning up the volume

in your own landscape as our topic today with the book's author Teresa Woodard, but first these messages.

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On the web, Whiteflowerform.com. With photographer Bob Stefko, Theresa Woodard has created Garden to the Max,

a new book that looks at 20 gardens around the country from a 700 square foot patio

to a multi-acre estate, each created by extreme plant lovers with a maximalist approach

to garden making, no matter the size of their space. I'm so glad to welcome Theresa today.

She gardens near Columbus, Ohio, and it's good to talk to you. How are you?

I'm doing great. The daffodils are in bloom so that always brings me lots of

cheer. You were ahead of me. You were ahead of me. You were ahead of me. I don't

have any yet. I'm still in Winter, Akinite and Snowdrops.

Yeah.

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