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Helping the Home Gardener~

Hi! I’m Ilona- yes, there is a real “Ilona“, and I have a real garden. Welcome to my personal garden site, geared to the do-it-yourself home gardener since 1998.

My mission is to give you lots of information, the type that I always wanted from my resources. Ilona’s Garden pages are full of helpful tips and techniques, because you can design a beautifully landscaped home and garden of your own, on your own.

seasonal spot:
Growing vegetable gardens can shave money off your food bill. Maybe it is time to plan a Kitchen Garden, after you find out the truth about growing your own food.

I hope you will use the contact page to ask any questions or offer suggestion you might have. The information has always been free, of the most dependable sources, and garnered from what I have found to work in my gardening experience.

The Background Story

I thought that there might be other gardeners out there that would like the landscaping shortcut of an “over the fence” online resource in making their own gardens. So I started creating pages in the old website, ‘Ilona’s Reflecting Pool‘ (1998) to jot down my ideas on designing and growing my idea of a “planted place”. My experience has been centered in Central Ohio, creating a garden in the city, and then landscaping my present home in rural Ohio. I write from a Midwestern perspective in both soil, conditions, and attitude!

my philosophy:
The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.~ Gertrude Jekyll

New Pages
There are new pages sprouting up around here all the time, see the Plant Profiles page with all the new posts on specific plants. Garden Chores for each Calender month with tips and techniques, and a blog of all the Design and Style posts…

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