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Rhonda Fleming Hayes

@thegardenbuzz.bsky.social

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I grow stuff and write about it. GARDEN FOR LIFE: Strategies for Easier, Greener, More Joyful Gardening as We Age, pre-order now https://www.amazon.com/Garden-Life-STRATEGIES-GREENER-GARDENING/dp/1645023257

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · 6d

Book cover reveal!
I’m thrilled to announce that my new book, Garden for Life: STRATEGIES FOR EASIER, GREENER, MORE JOYFUL GARDENING AS WE AGE is available for pre-order. Find the link in my bio. 🌱🌱🌱
Pre-orders help publishers and bookstore predict sales, and help build momentum. I’d appreciate it.

Book cover for my new book, Garden for Life

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · 7h

My daughter’s trumpet vine is a real drama queen. 🌱

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · 1d

Calling all cold climate gardeners! The winter issue of Northern Gardener is here.
I’m so happy to be back in the pages of NG. Be sure to see my story on the life-enhancing benefits of gardening. 🌱

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · 3d

Saw palmetto making pretty shadows at the pizza joint. 🌱

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · 8d

La de L.A!

Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · 8d

I can’t believe it grows so well with all the rain and humidity here.

Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · 8d

The velvety, bright purple flowers of Mexican bush sage, Salvia leucantha, blooming in my New Orleans front garden. A butterfly favorite. 🌱

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · 12d

Brugmansia but yeah, still toxic.

Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · 13d

Lol, yes they do attract them.

Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · 13d

Back in New Orleans for the winter. Angel trumpets are still blooming all over the city. 🌱

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Oct 3

Milkweed beetles. Nothing to be concerned about. A bit creepy looking though. Just part of the milkweed “community.” 🌱

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 30

I’m doing a talk on them this week. I open with that quote.

Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 30

“I wanted to learn why goldenrod and asters were so beautiful together.”
—-Robin Wall Kimmerer
🌱 from Braiding Sweetgrass

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 24

I also had three days of feeling like crap but it is worth it!

Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 19

Marigold ‘Strawberry Blonde’ still going strong as the kitchen garden starts to fade. Love the way it changes color from emerging bud to full bloom. 🌱

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 18

You are correct!

Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 17

My night-blooming cereus has come inside with the other houseplants now that temps are cooling. 🌱
This came from a cutting of a plant from famed Mississippi writer, Eudora Welty’s garden.
It has grown huge. Hoping it will bloom next year.

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 11

I usually see Red Admirals on Millennium but it was all bumblebees all the time on these.

Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 10

Late blooming Allium ‘Lavender Bubbles’ is a striking plant, lovely blue-green foliage, graceful emerging buds, and spherical blooms that are a more intense purple than popular variety, ‘Millennium’ 🌱

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 6

My latest on Substack. 🌱 it’s soup season.

Did you know that potager translates to Soup Garden?

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 3

A great place to see goldenrod and other native plants. 🌱
#minneapolissculpturegarden
#Hahn/Cock

Goldenrod at sculpture garden with the blue cockerel

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Aug 30

Goldfinches having a great time eating echinacea seeds. 🌱

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Aug 28

I went for a walk this afternoon after the initial shock of the news here in Minneapolis. Kids move dinosaurs around this front garden every day. Innocence lost today especially heartbreaking. We are a city of neighborhoods. We are all together in mourning tonight. 🌱

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Aug 23

Those are ‘Italian Heirloom’ and ‘Sweet Treats’
Too bad coming all at once.

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Rhonda Fleming Hayes @thegardenbuzz.bsky.social · Aug 23

Tomatoes, finally. 🌱

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