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The Most Fragrant Flowers for Your Garden
The Most Fragrant Flowers for Your Garden
When designing a garden, gardeners often focus on color and form, neglecting fragrance. But fragrance is just as important, and perhaps more so (especially if you’re stranded in a place that reeks of cat piss).  Many famed perfumes were once...
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What to do with Leftover Flowers in the Garden
What to do with Leftover Flowers in the Garden
Flowers, whether sold in floral arrangements or grown in your own garden, don’t last forever. The confetti masses of hillside flowers will eventually fade away, covered by snowdrifts.  However, there are many uses for flowers that don’t just involve flower...
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Flowers for a Chocolate Themed Garden
Flowers for a Chocolate Themed Garden
Are you a sweets junkie who can’t get enough of that sugar rush? Sometimes, sweetly-scented flowers in a darker shade are enough to curtail the urge to reach for a Lindt chocolate. These richly tinted blooms, brushed in shades of...
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10 Plants and Flowers That Thrive in Humidity and High Heat
10 Plants and Flowers That Thrive in Humidity and High Heat
If you can’t beat humidity, then work with it! Humidity can be a challenge for many plants, but certain species flourish in warm, moisture-rich environments like bathrooms, coastal regions, and greenhouses. One thing they have in common is that these...
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Beautiful Perennial Vines for the Garden
Beautiful Perennial Vines for the Garden
One of the most common problems in gardening is finding ways to cover derelict spaces without spending a fortune. An easy solution is to grow flowers and vines on trellises, whether arched or attached to a garden bed. Unlike wooden or...
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10 Essential Tips for Pruning Roses Effectively
10 Essential Tips for Pruning Roses Effectively
Pruning roses is one of the most important tasks for ensuring the health and vibrancy of your rose plants, no matter the variety—whether it’s hybrid tea roses, climbing roses, or species roses. Understanding the right time and technique for pruning...
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Flowers of Ancient Egypt
Flowers of Ancient Egypt
As the novelist Zora Neale Hurston notes, “Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.” Many gods were vicious, conceived as harbingers of war and bringers of plague during times of turmoil. Yet, the duality in...
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Dried Flower Decorating Ideas
Dried Flower Decorating Ideas
The impermanence of flowers is mourned by poets and gardeners alike. Flowers are short-lived, waxing and waning within the cycle of a single year. When flower heads are spent, the petals cling to what little beauty they have left. While...
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Celebrating National Floral Design Day: Ode to Gardening Creativity
Celebrating National Floral Design Day: Ode to Gardening Creativity
I’ve always believed that flowers are more than just plants—they can also be canvases for creativity, a source of natural beauty, and a way to connect with nature. That’s why National Floral Design Day, celebrated annually on February 28th, holds...
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Best Red Flowers to Grow
Best Red Flowers to Grow
Red, the color of spilled wine; red, the color of the sun at sundown. There is hardly a color that has spawned more literary allusion and metaphor throughout the centuries.  Indeed, the poetically named “War of the Roses,” was the...
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About Vego

At Vego Garden, our goal is to redefine Raised Garden Beds. The company was founded with the goal of launching a modular metal garden bed system with a 20+ year life expectancy, utilizing eco-friendly metal materials instead of cutting down trees. We emphasize innovative design and high quality with our products. The name vego carries the spirit of DIY modular raised beds suitable for growing vegetables.

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