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California poppies gleam against chartreuse spurge and blue California lilac in a 30-foot-long border on BC’s Pender Island. Photo by Janis Nicolay

Well-Made Flower Beds

Two gardeners share their secrets to crafting spectacular informal borders

**They may be on opposite coasts,** but two splendid gardens—one on BC’s Pender Island, the other in Prince Edward Island—vividly demonstrate not only the basics of successful border-building but also distinctive approaches that suit each site (and gardener’s personality) to a T.

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* West Coast Casual * East Coast Bountiful

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