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Kinsman Garden Guides

Practical, expert guidance drawn from more than four decades of designing and making garden structures, planters, and decor.

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Cornerstone Guide · Garden Structures

Choosing between obelisks, trellises, arches, and arbors: how each one supports climbing plants, frames a space, and lasts season after season.

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Wildlife & Birds

Feeders, houses, and plantings that bring songbirds in, and keep squirrels out.

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Garden Structures

Obelisks, trellises, arches and arbors: how to choose, and where each one works best.

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