God Planted A Garden
Meeting God in the Garden
Have Garden Will Travel
After thirty-plus years tending the gardens at Paths of Hope, Shawn and I are relocating to a new venue, the not-yet-existing Gardens of Grace, located thirty minutes south on the other side of Raleigh. In that move we will be…
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Weed ’em and Reap
As I struggled to hoe the weeds out of the beans in our first serious garden in Winston-Salem in the early 1980’s the neighborhood’s highly successful gardener, Floyd, stopped by for chat. Shawn and I didn’t know that we had…
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A Plant By Any Other Name – Snowflake
This plant came to Mom’s garden from my classmate, John, who grew up with me on Angel Fork back in West Virginia. We shared an interest in plants, and John’s mom offered a start if John and I would dig…
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Hellebore Hunting
Shawn and I first encountered an expanse of Hellebores in a public garden in Greensboro where a massive colony of plants occupied a heavily wooded and nearly full-shade location. Our back gardens had similar opportunities for plants content in such…
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John and Shawn
- Gardening ideas.
- Spiritual applications from the garden.
- Gardening on a budget.
- DIY projects and tips.
- Reuse and upcycle ideas.
- DIY projects for the home.
- Gardening resources.
- Reviews of gardening books.
- Product evaluations.
Meeting God in the garden
John cultivates the GodPlantedAGarden site as a place to blend gardening and faith. Together John and Shawn cultivate their gardens at Paths of Hope. Follow the link for more information.
Browse John's Book Shelf
Browse the Book Shelf at NicholsNotes for descriptions of books by John W Nichols.