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Linda Vater

Linda Vater has lived and gardened at her 1935 English Tudor home in historic Oklahoma City for the past 25 years. A self-taught garden designer who obsesses over garden-inspired living, Linda appears weekly on local NBC KFORtv, speaks frequently on all things gardening, and is a firm believer that gardening brings us together.
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Plan Your Garden

Video: Oakland Holly - Classic Beauty for the Holidays

Linda Vater on how to adorn your evergreens for a classic holiday statement
By: Linda Vater
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December 3, 2020
Inspiration & Projects

Video: Holiday Tablescape with Linda Vater

Early Wonder Camellia is the inspiration for Linda Vater’s Thanksgiving table.
By: Linda Vater
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November 19, 2020
Close-up on Fire Chief Arborvitae's orange to green fine textured foliage
Plan Your Garden

Video: Fire Chief™ Arborvitae with Linda Vater

Linda Vater tells us why Fire Chief solves many problems in the garden.
By: Linda Vater
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October 5, 2020
Beautifully landscaped entry drive and sidewalk lined with Fire Chief Arborvitae, Beyond Blue Festuca and Dragon Prince Cryptomeria
Plan Your Garden

Video: Fire Chief™ Arborvitae

We’re wild about Fire Chief!
By: Linda Vater
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October 5, 2020
Linda Vater posing in her garden with a pair of Juliet Cleyera 2 gallon plants in Southern Living brown plastic pots
Plan Your Garden

Video: Juliet™ Cleyera with Linda Vater

We love Juliet™ Cleyera – try it as an evergreen alternative to hollies.
By: Linda Vater
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August 4, 2020
Linda Vater pruning her Southern Living plants in her garden
Inspiration & Projects

Relaxing Meditative Pruning of Sunshine Ligustrum

Try this relaxing method of pruning Sunshine Ligustrum in a container garden
By: Linda Vater
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April 27, 2020
Color Blocking Garden Design Tips with Linda Vater
Plan Your Garden

Video: Color Blocking Garden Design Tips with Linda Vater

Design container gardens or landscapes in one color family for stunning beauty
By: Linda Vater
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July 17, 2020
Linda Vater demos her container garden trio from Southern Living
Inspiration & Projects

Video: Plant this Lime Green + Purple Container Garden Trio

Linda Vater shares her simple tips to quickly plant spring containers
By: Linda Vater
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May 28, 2020
Women gathered around potting table outdoors and planting containers of Southern Living plants
Inspiration & Projects

Video: How to Host A Container Garden Planting Party

This is the sweetest idea—host a Mother’s Day Container Garden Party!
By: Linda Vater
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July 17, 2020
Plan Your Garden

Video: Sunshine Ligustrum with Linda Vater

You can always count on Sunshine Ligustrum for a dose of color, but did you know it makes a lovely topiary?
By: Linda Vater
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March 31, 2020
How to topiary a Baby Gem Boxwood from the Southern Living Plant Collection
Inspiration & Projects//Plan Your Garden

Video: Baby Gem Boxwood Topiary with Linda Vater

Ideal for topiaries, Baby Gem Boxwood is a garden designer’s dream.
By: Linda Vater
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March 16, 2020
Soft Caress Mahonia garden bed accented with tiki torches and Mojo Pittosproum
Plan Your Garden

Video: Soft Caress Mahonia with Linda Vater

Having trouble with a shady garden spot?
By: Linda Vater
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July 17, 2020
Plan Your Garden

Video: Southgate Breeze™ Rhododendrons

Linda Vater trades in an aging rose bed for heat tolerant rhododendrons
By: Linda Vater
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July 17, 2020
Linda Vater in green shirt, jeans and knee high garden boots sits on porch bench
Plan Your Garden

Video: ScentAmazing™ Gardenia - Beauty and Fragrance

Create a beautiful hanging basket full of fragrance with ScentAmazing Gardenia.
By: Linda Vater
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October 21, 2019
Plan Your Garden

Video: Make a Statement with Platinum Beauty™ Lomandra

Make a bold statement and add movement and grace to garden spaces.
By: Linda Vater
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October 22, 2019
A girl hands her grandmother a gardenia stem while the grandmother plants a container of ScentAmazing Gardenia & Heucherella
Plan Your Garden

Video: ScentAmazing™ Gardenia

Classic green and white never fails in garden design.
By: Linda Vater
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October 22, 2019
Plan Your Garden

Video: Purple Daydream® Dwarf Loropetalum with Linda Vater

‘Drop in’ color for your garden beds while waiting for summer color to arrive.
By: Linda Vater
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October 22, 2019
Plan Your Garden

Video: Plant a Yewtopia® Plum Yew

Linda Vater on why Yewtopia Plum Yews are an ideal evergreen landscape solution.
By: Linda Vater
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October 22, 2019
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