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Donna Banta

@donnabanta

Author of the mysteries, OPEN HOUSE, SEER STONE, and more. Left Coast liberal and exmormon. I live, write and garden in Sonoma, California.

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@gardenshour.bsky.social Tulips in a nearby vineyard! Also lots of leaves and buds emerging in my garden. One word: anticipation. #GardensHour 🌱

09.03.2026 21:08 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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@gardenshour.bsky.social Still enjoying azaleas and snow drops and looking forward to peonies! #GardensHour 🌱

02.03.2026 21:41 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Early bloom on my Martha Gonzales. She's a trooper! #GardensHour 🌱

23.02.2026 21:13 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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She came in through the bathroom window… beautiful pink camellia blooms! #GardensHour 🌱

16.02.2026 21:06 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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It's not time for them yet, but because our house is near a creek, every spring we "make way for ducklings." 🌱 #GardensHour

09.02.2026 21:14 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This January we welcomed snowdrops and hellebores to the garden. #GardensHour 🌱

26.01.2026 21:05 👍 38 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Help! Alien Lizard People Are Abducting Humans! Could anyone truly human laugh as they chase terrified students down the street? As they follow zip-tied women into porta-potties?

Great op-ed by Johnny Townsend!
www.laprogressive.com/law-and-just...

16.01.2026 19:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Not much going on outdoors. But indoors there's the promise of a new bloom on my phalaenopsis! #GardensHour 🌱

12.01.2026 21:31 👍 23 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
LDS Church Claims Growth — Data Says Otherwise
LDS Church Claims Growth — Data Says Otherwise YouTube video by Mormon Discussion Inc.

Check out Chanson's interview on Mormon Discussions! Then go nominate your favorites for a Brodie award.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlqF...

16.12.2025 16:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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@gardenshour.bsky.social
Here are more camellias dressed up in holiday white. Hope this shows up for the final #GardensHour! Sorry about technical difficulties. Happy holidays! 🌱

15.12.2025 21:42 👍 27 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Camellia all dressed up in holiday white. 🌱 #GardensHour

15.12.2025 21:33 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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We're minimalists when it comes to holiday decor. However, I did add some berries to our front porch wreath. Also a certain garden denizen dresses up for us every year. Happy and merry! 🌱 #GardensHour

15.12.2025 21:12 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Lovely!

20.11.2025 17:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lots of rain and fall rose blooms in my neck of the woods this week. 🌱 #GardensHour

17.11.2025 21:19 👍 25 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Ours is not a spa bath. But these houseplants do contribute an air of tranquility. 🌱 #GardensHour

10.11.2025 21:07 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
A pox on the PoX policy, ten years on – Main Street Plaza

Ten years on. Has anything changed?
mainstreetplaza.com/2025/11/05/a...

05.11.2025 15:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Looking forward to fall lettuces! 🌱 #GardensHour

03.11.2025 21:11 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Yes. California. :)

27.10.2025 21:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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One of this year's final blooms on my "Just Joey" rose and pomegranates from a neighbor's tree. 🌱 #GardensHour

27.10.2025 21:38 👍 47 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0
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Wine country hacks: grapevine clippings reused as plant stakes and half-barrels as planters. In other news, it's a glorious fall day in my garden! 🌱 #GardensHour

20.10.2025 20:20 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Fall blooms on Souvenir de la Malmaison and Oklahoma roses. 🌱 #GardensHour

13.10.2025 20:08 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Sasanqua camelia is blooming! #GardensHour 🌱

06.10.2025 20:15 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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No bulbs. But this is the last of my hydrangeas. Still gorgeous. 🌱 #GardensHour

22.09.2025 20:07 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 0
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Last gasps of pink on my hydrangea and coral zinnia. #GardensHour #SixWeeksOfColour 🌱

01.09.2025 20:09 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Yellow and orange! Peace rose from my garden and sunflowers from Cottage Garden nursery in Petaluma, California. #GardensHour #SixWeeksOfColour 🌱

25.08.2025 20:04 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Creamy white potatoes newly harvested! #GardensHour #SixWeeksOfColour 🌱

11.08.2025 20:04 👍 33 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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Seed pod on clematis vine. #GardensHour 🌱

04.08.2025 20:16 👍 37 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 1
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Blue salvia, lobelia, violas, and, of course lavender. #GardensHour 🌱

28.07.2025 20:12 👍 62 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
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Just under the wire. Hydrangeas! #GardensHour 🌱

21.07.2025 20:58 👍 24 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Yes, We Can Demonize Publicans Even Hitler was nice to his secretary. (Really, there’s a documentary about it.)

Johnny Townsend's latest in the L.A. Progressive:
www.laprogressive.com/progressive-...

30.06.2025 21:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0