Readers, Show Me Your Gardens!!! 2023
Welcome to The Renaissance Garden Guy’s “Readers, Show Me Your Gardens!!! 2023” feature. I’ve been looking forward to this all year, and although we’re off to a late start, this year’s edition is incredible. Let’s break it down: 1) Forty RGG readers, each one of them an amazing gardener. 2) Three fabulous shots from each of their gorgeous gardens. 3) A total of one-hundred-twenty breathtakingly beautiful images from around the world of the most glorious life forms the plant kingdom has to offer. Click on each image to enable full screen viewing, or to zoom in or out. And when you do, you’ll also be able to read relevant info (where provided) about each shot. Sound good? Ok then, here you go…
By John G. Stamos
Jill B., Worcester County, MA, USA
Cathy A., Lakeview, OH, USA
Laura L.B., Chicago, IL, USA
Juli W., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Tina W., Belfast, N. Ireland
Kevin R., Dyer, IN, USA
Kristina S., Munster, IN, USA
Mary Jane and Tom E., New Buffalo, MI, USA
Ron T., Bristol, UK
Everly F., Jenks, OK, USA
Alistair M., Wicklow, Ireland
Julie Mc., Newport, South Wales
Sachin K., Meerut, India
Rita K., West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Lisa C., Sussex, England
Ann S., Bridge Lake, BC, Canada
Trinkle, Staffordshire, England
Christine D., Southern Ontario, Canada
Brian L., Schaumburg, IL, USA
Judy K., Cedar Lake, IN, USA
Nick W., Full of Life Gardens Ltd, Dorset, UK
Chris M., Valparaiso, IN, USA
Carole L., Marseille, France
Sam P., Liversedge, West Yorkshire, UK
Eddie L., Bell Buckle, TN, USA
Natalia Cuteeli, Southampton, Hampshire, England
Gaby L., Glen Murray, Waikato, New Zealand
Scott P., Phoenix, AZ, USA
Kyoko, Tokyo, Japan
Kathrin O., Lincoln Park, MI, USA
Virginia K., Greer, SC, USA
Celia W., Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Diana G., Dyer, IN, USA
Lori T., Flossmoor, IL, USA
Tim S., Munster, IN, USA
Kim K., Schererville, IN, USA
ClockworkDolly, Essex, England
Ann and Randy W., Rochester, IL, USA
Fran T., Springfield Township, IN, USA
Lou Z., Anna Maria Island, FL, USA
WOW!!!
Fabulous, no?
I hope you’ve enjoyed this “Readers, Show Me Your Gardens!!! 2023” feature. I want to thank this year’s wonderful group of international contributors for all of their amazing, breathtakingly beautiful images. They’ve graciously allowed us into their gardens, and have shared with us here the absolute best that the plant world has to offer. They’ve made this year’s feature a resounding, blooming success, and I’m forever grateful to each and every one of them.
Cheers, and Happy Gardening!
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WOW, WOW, WOW…… 🤩
It took me a few days to just go over all those beautiful gardens and to be amazed at how beautiful they all are!!!
Congratulations and thank you for sharing all this delightful beauty…, one word to describe everything…
“OUTSTANDING” ❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🙏💫
Thank you so much, Roxxy! I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed these magnificent gardens – they really are amazing! It was such a wonderful experience for me, and truly an honor, to curate this wonderful collection of photos from around the world. Again, I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed it. Thank you again, Roxxy!
Amazing worldwide love of gardening exhibited. Wonderful idea brought to fruition. Congratulations!
I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed this year’s edition, Rick. Thank you so much for your interest and your kind words of appreciation. It was a wonderful experience for me to curate this amazing collection of photos. I’m very grateful to each of the participants. Their incredible efforts are beautifully reflected in this stunning collection. I’ve immensely enjoyed putting the 2023 feature together, and I’m already looking forward to the 2024 edition. Thanks once again, Rick. Your interest and your kindness are truly appreciated.
WOW! So many beautiful gardens. It was a pleasure to see so many pictures from all around the world. Thank you, John, for letting so many people share their passion for gardening.
I’m so glad that you’ve enjoyed this beautiful feature. It was a total honor and pleasure to curate this astounding collection of garden photos from around the world. Your own contribution, Kevin, has helped to make this year’s edition unforgettable. Thank you so much!
How beautiful! There are so many talented gardeners out there. Oh, the colors!!!! Thank you for taking us around the world. I can’t wait to see more!!!
I’m so glad you’re enjoying this one, Tina. Thank you so much for your lovely thoughts. It was such a humbling experience for me to curate these amazing photos of all of these incredible gardens. I’m simply in awe of the beauty, and of the remarkable talent and skill behind all of that beauty. I’m so pleased and grateful that you’ve submitted photos from your own glorious garden. They have helped make this year’s edition a beautiful success – thank you so very much!
WOW! What an honor to be included in such an amazing array of beauty! Thank you! Well done!
Thank you so much, Cathy, for your own incredibly beautiful submissions. Believe me, I’m the one who’s honored to feature your fabulous shots from your absolutely amazing garden. I’m so glad you’ve participated – you have helped make this year’s feature a beautiful success. Thank you again!
This is fabulous John! Absolutely lovely to see our #GardeningTwitter friends featured here too. So many gorgeous gardens and stunning flower shots. Something to return to again and again, thank you so much for sharing with us 🙂
I’m so glad you’re enjoying it, Gaby. I’m absolutely thrilled with the gorgeous submissions in this year’s edition – there are so many beautiful shots and so many great ideas from among all of these amazing gardens. Thank you so much for your own stunning submissions, Gaby. Your beautiful garden has helped make the 2023 edition a glorious success – thank you again!
What a wonderful variety of gardens! I thoroughly enjoyed this!
Nicole Willbur
I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed it, Nicole – thank you so much for tuning in, and for your lovely thoughts. I do agree. The variety of garden styles, plants, and flowers captured here is remarkable. I’m absolutely thrilled and honored to have curated these fabulous images, and to have featured them here for worldwide appreciation. Thanks once again, Nicole!
This was so much fun, John! So many wonderful shares and all the photos are terrific. Can’t wait for next year’s edition!
I agree, Ann. I loved curating this amazing collection of photos from around the world. There are so many incredible shots here – I’m beyond thrilled with all of the submissions. And of course, I’m so grateful for your own participation, Ann. Your photos are absolutely breathtaking. (Btw, I’m also looking forward to next year’s edition. Hopefully I’ll get a much earlier start than I did this year.) Thank you once again, Ann. You’ve helped make this year’s edition a truly unforgettable one!
There are so many wonderful photographs from around the world. I thoroughly enjoyed looking at all of them. A lovely idea John which I was very happy to participate in. Thank you for curating this.
I’m so happy that you’re enjoying the feature, Celia. I certainly am, as well. The gardens, plants, and flowers in this year’s edition are absolutely glorious. Thank you for leaving your lovely thoughts here, Celia, and, of course, thank you so very much for your own participation in the feature. The incredible beauty of your flowers has transcended time and distance and has helped make this year’s readers’ gardens feature entirely unforgettable. Thank you once again!
John, thank you for bringing all these talented gardeners and amazing gardens together. Now that garden season (outside) is coming to a close, my pen is at the ready, making plans for next year. These beautiful photos and your fabulous site are inspiring me in so many ways. I’m grateful to them and to you for sharing these photos and the love of nature and gardening.
How incredibly kind of you, Jill – thank you so very much. I can’t even begin to tell you how much I appreciate your lovely words. I’m so glad that you’re finding this site to be interesting and informative. It’s so important to me to know that The Renaissance Garden Guy is becoming a place where talented and creative people such as yourself can exchange ideas, share their experiences and wisdom, and ultimately enjoy the content that they find here. Your encouragement and kindness, Jill, are so incredibly important to me – they are the very things that provide me the motivation and inspiration to continue – and improve upon – my efforts. Even though the outdoor gardening season is coming to an end, those of us who partake in this activity will still feel a connection to the soil, to the things that grow there, and to each other. I believe that these connections persist not only throughout the coldest months, but always. It’s an eternal connectedness of which each of us is truly fortunate to be a part. I know that you, Jill, are keenly aware it. Thank you once again. Your kindness is beyond appreciated.
Gosh, this is fantastic! So many amazing plants & beautiful gardens. I’ll definitely be revisiting this feature for inspiration.
I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed it, Sam – thank you so much for your own lovely contributions. I agree with you, and will be doing the same regarding checking back for inspiration. There are so many beautiful photos and ingenious ideas here. I’m absolutey thrilled with each and every one of the submissions. Thanks once again, Sam!
Gorgeous!
I completely agree! Thank you, Eva, for checking out these remarkable gardens. I’m so glad that you’ve enjoyed them.