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      <image:caption>A magnolia leaf wreath, a signature plant of the American South, styled for a modern Southern front porch</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Grandmillennial, Explained: What Happens When Chintz Meets a Dried Bouquet</image:title>
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      <image:title>Inside a Mid-Century Ranch, Restyled With Dried Botanicals Instead of Silk Ferns</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Best Gifts for the Friend Who Says Her Apartment Has &apos;No Natural Light&apos;</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Rug Is the Room: How a Floral Pattern Underfoot Changes Everything Above It</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Quiet Rise of the Garden Stake: Why Steel Dragonflies Are Replacing Plastic Yard Decor</image:title>
      <image:caption>Set of three handcrafted steel dragonfly garden stakes in a flower bed</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Dried Artichoke Centerpiece: An Old French Kitchen Trick for the Late-Summer Table</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pile of dried artichokes styled in a wooden dough bowl as a table centerpiece</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Billy Balls, Explained: The Odd Little Yellow Flower Florists Can&apos;t Stop Using</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bundle of dried yellow craspedia, also known as billy balls</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Cocktail Garnish Couples Are Actually Serving at 2026 Weddings</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dried orange and lime slices used as cocktail garnish for a wedding bar</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Last Call: Why Late August Is the Best Time to Start a Windowsill Tea Garden</image:title>
      <image:caption>Herbal tea garden seed kit for planting chamomile, mint, and lavender indoors</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Steel, Not Silk: Why Metal Garden Flowers Are Winning Over Designers</image:title>
      <image:caption>Set of three handcrafted metal daisy garden stakes styled among perennials</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where Our Dried Lavender Actually Comes From: A Season Inside the Growing Fields</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bundle of freshly cut and dried English lavender tied for harvest</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The One Thing We&apos;d Send Anyone Having a Hard Week</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bottle of Gathering Garden lavender essential oil</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pink Without Trying: How One Dried Flower Does the Work of a Whole Bouquet</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bundle of dried pink globe amaranth, or gomphrena, flowers</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Late-Summer Porch Dinner You Can Set With What&apos;s Already in the Kitchen</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sunflower and daisy floral linen tablecloth set for an outdoor porch dinner</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Dining Table Doesn&apos;t Have to Go Blank Between Meals</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wild Harvest dried flower bouquet arrangement styled as a dining table centerpiece</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Most Neglected Room in the House Has an Easy Fix</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Tall Azul floor vase styled in an empty living room corner</image:caption>
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      <image:title>What Actually Belongs on the Welcome Table (It&apos;s Not Another Sign)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bearded wheat bundles styled on a wedding welcome table</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Tired of Pumpkins? Try the Fall Porch Idea Nobody Else on Your Street Has</image:title>
      <image:caption>Faux orange branches styled as fall front porch decor</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Missing Piece in Every Gallery Wall Is Usually Something Alive</image:title>
      <image:caption>Assorted blooming plant study framed botanical wall art styled on a gallery wall</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stop Buying the Same Candle for Everyone: A Better Last-Minute Gift Exists</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fresh dahlia bouquet styled as a gift for birthdays or any occasion</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Your Garden Bed Doesn&apos;t Need More Plants Going Into Fall. It Needs This.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Metal dragonfly garden stakes styled among plants in a garden bed</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Plum Is 2026&apos;s Color of the Season, and We&apos;ve Been Growing It All Along</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dried purple Eulalia Aurea grass bundle in a plum and burgundy fall color palette</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Inside a Provencal-Inspired Kitchen Refresh: One Home&apos;s Case for a French Tablecloth Over a Runner</image:title>
      <image:caption>Round Moustiers blue and cream French Provencal coated tablecloth styled in a home kitchen</image:caption>
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      <image:title>That Blank Trellis Doesn&apos;t Have to Wait for Vines</image:title>
      <image:caption>Large iron planter with a cut trellis pattern styled at the base of a garden arbor</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://thegatheringgarden.com/blogs/the-gathering-garden-magazine/your-nightstand-isnt-boring-its-just-empty</loc>
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      <image:title>Your Nightstand Isn&apos;t Boring. It&apos;s Just Empty.</image:title>
      <image:caption>White ceramic bud vases styled on a bedside nightstand</image:caption>
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      <image:title>That Blank Fence Doesn&apos;t Need Paint. It Needs This.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Modern gold wall-mounted cachepot planter hung on an outdoor wall</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Your Bar Cart Is Missing the One Thing Guests Actually Notice</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dried orange and lime slices arranged on a bar cart for entertaining</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Powder Room Everyone Forgets to Finish</image:title>
      <image:caption>Small handmade dried flower wreath with grains styled on a powder room wall</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Conference Room Says Nothing About Your Business. One Thing Fixes That.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Neutral dried floral arrangement styled on a conference room table</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Natural water hyacinth and cedar root table runner styled on a wedding gift table</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dyed copper oak fall leaves styled as fall window box filler</image:caption>
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      <image:title>What Your Guest Room Is Missing Isn&apos;t Furniture</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wildflower and lavender dried flower bouquet styled on a guest room dresser</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Staircase Landing Nobody Decorates (And Should)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dried black sorghum stems styled in a tall vase on a staircase landing</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Setting an Afrohemian Harvest Table: Woven Texture and Warm Color for Fall Gatherings</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bearded wheat bundles styled on a harvest table</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dried meadow bouquet styled on an entry table for a home showing</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Bridal Party Recovery Basket: What Actually Helps the Morning After the Wedding</image:title>
      <image:caption>Heritage lavender hand cream for a bridal party recovery basket</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dried ammobium stems showing papery winged texture</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dried flower boutonniere styled with metallic accessories</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Succession Sowing: How to Keep a Cutting Garden Blooming From June Into October</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dried French lavender bundle grown from a succession-planted cutting garden</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Late-Summer Patio Refresh: Layering Texture Before the First Cool Night</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dried floral arrangement styled on a patio table in late summer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Last-Chance Harvest: What You Can Still Cut and Dry Before Labor Day</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dried echinops bundle harvested in late summer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Confetti, Not Centerpieces: Building a Fall Tablescape Around a Toss Instead of a Vase</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bulk dried flower petal confetti scattered as table decor</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The 2026 Pinterest Trends We&apos;re Actually Stocking for Fall (and the One We&apos;re Skipping)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sun and Sky ceramic stone diffuser styled among fall home goods</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://thegatheringgarden.com/blogs/the-gathering-garden-magazine/digging-deep-how-to-save-your-dahlia-tubers-before-the-first-frost-takes-them</loc>
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      <image:title>Digging Deep: How to Save Your Dahlia Tubers Before the First Frost Takes Them</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fresh dahlias in shades of coral and burgundy, the kind of tuber-grown bloom gardeners dig up and store each fall</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Great Sunflower Count: Why Citizen-Science Season Starts Now, Not in Spring</image:title>
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      <image:title>Tailgating, Elevated: The Dried Bouquet That Wins Game Day Without Wilting in a Cooler</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Micro-Wedding Boom: How a Dried Bouquet Solves Elopement Planning&apos;s Hardest Problem</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Baby&apos;s Breath Renaissance: From Filler Flower to the Main Event</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dried baby&apos;s breath styled as a full, cloud-like arrangement rather than a filler flower</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Dogwood&apos;s Quiet Legend: A Southern Bloom&apos;s Improbable Folk Tale</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Diffuser Aisle Got a Garden Makeover: A Buying Guide to Real Botanical Home Fragrance</image:title>
      <image:caption>A ceramic stone reed diffuser styled on a shelf as a natural alternative to synthetic home fragrance</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Straw Into Color: How to Harvest and Dry Your Own Strawflowers This Week</image:title>
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      <image:title>The House That Skipped the Skeletons: One Home&apos;s Case for Dark Botanicals Over Plastic Halloween Decor</image:title>
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      <image:title>Potted Color That Never Needs Water: Styling a Drought-Proof Patio With Dried Globe Amaranth</image:title>
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      <image:title>Your Hallway Is the Room You Speed-Walk Through. Slow It Down With This.</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Bathtub Ledge Is Prime Real Estate, and Almost No One Uses It</image:title>
      <image:caption>Natural shower steamers with eucalyptus, rosemary, and lavender styled on a bathtub ledge</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Wall Above Your Couch Isn&apos;t Empty. It&apos;s Undecided.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Framed wild flower botanical print set styled above a living room sofa</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Your Porch Railing Has Been Begging for a Job All Summer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cedar Ridge galvanized cachepots styled on a porch railing</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Entry Table Catchall Nobody Wants to Admit They Need</image:title>
      <image:caption>Province Empress lidded catchall box on an entryway table</image:caption>
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      <image:title>An Unlit Hearth Doesn&apos;t Have to Look Apologetic</image:title>
      <image:caption>Carmel lanterns styled inside an unlit fireplace hearth</image:caption>
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      <image:title>What Your Zoom Background Says About You (And How to Fix It in Five Minutes)</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Welcome Mat Isn&apos;t the Whole Welcome</image:title>
      <image:caption>Isadora footed urns flanking a front door beside a welcome mat</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Your Headboard Wall Has Been Blank Since Move-In Day</image:title>
      <image:caption>Framed fern botanical prints styled above a bed headboard</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Outdoor Dining Table Centerpiece That Isn&apos;t a Vase of Wilting Flowers</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fibrestone Malibu low bowls filled with dried citrus as an outdoor dining table centerpiece</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Set of three handcrafted steel bat garden stakes for Halloween porch and yard decor</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Harney and Sons 12 Days of Tea winter countdown gift box</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Bridal Welcome Wreath: Dressing the Door Before the Guests Do</image:title>
      <image:caption>Saratoga dried floral wreath with willow and baby eucalyptus for wedding door decor</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>King Harvest dried wreath with warm grasses and grains for a terracotta and amber color palette</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Setting a Late-Summer Tea Table Around a Bowl of Celosia</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dried celosia white spike flowers styled for a garden tea table centerpiece</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dried tan amaranth plumes for home decor styling</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Piano Nobody Plays Still Deserves a Reason to Look at It</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Mudroom Bench Is for Coats, Not for Nothing</image:title>
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      <image:title>That Weird Triangle Under the Stairs Doesn&apos;t Have to Stay Empty</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Dresser Top Is Where Decorating Goes to Die</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Lawn Game Revival: Styling a Garden Party Around Croquet and Bocce, Not Just a Table</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Bud Vase Trio: Why Stylists Are Ditching One Big Bouquet for Three Tiny Ones</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Boutonniere Goes Everywhere: How a Wedding Staple Became Everyday Style</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Floral Escort Table: Turning Seating Cards Into the Prettiest Part of the Reception</image:title>
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