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Episode 5 of Becoming Artsy finds Jessie learning how to plant a mixed perennial garden bed

Girl in floral blue dress, white bonnet and parasol face left towards a green garden. An old frame frames the girl in color, outside frame, plants and travertine is black and white.

By Caitlin Shamberg

Nov 30, 2021

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Jessie learns how to plant a mixed perennial garden bed with plants for all seasons from Brian Houck, head of grounds and gardens at Getty.

She also interviews horticulturist Jackie Flor and gardeners Miguel Ambriz and Elvia Castillo. Jessie learns about plants with names like Brazen Hussy and variegated leaf edges, while also contemplating the garden as a metaphor for life and change.

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