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Gardens in Georgia, Illinois and Idaho Offer Year-Round Plant Displays

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The articles highlight several ways to enjoy plants, from visiting large gardens to planning a home garden. In Georgia, Kinsey Family Farm offers more than 50 acres of plants, including perennials grown in local greenhouses, while Peoria’s free Luthy Botanical Garden has a tropical conservatory that stays warm through cold weather. Idaho Falls’ Japanese Friendship Garden, built around a stone lantern gifted by a Japanese sister city, offers a compact, volunteer-created retreat beside the Snake River. For home gardeners, one article suggests combining winter flowers such as petunias and alyssum with foliage plants and edible crops; another describes houseplants including Schefflera, jasmine, and snake plants, along with traditional beliefs about their benefits and claims about their air-purifying properties.

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