Amanda Thomsenis a landscape clothes designer , labor managing director , and garden writer . Recently , she openedAster Gardensin Lemont , Illinois . This neighborhood boutique offers plant , base décor , classes , and result . Amanda brings an godless , punk - stone feeling to her horticultural work , so she is the complete person to assist adventurous gardener to explore some plants with personality . Unusual herbs , hardy cacti , and a foxglove that is not your common cottage garden suspect all make appearance in this sport episode .
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Aster Gardens opened in 2022. Photo: Courtesy of Aster Gardens

Aster Gardens opened in 2022. Photo: Courtesy of Aster Gardens

Amanda’s shop offers vintage finds and home décor in addition to plants. Photo: Courtesy of Aster Gardens

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Rozanne geranium (photo: courtesy of Fionuala Campion)

Rattlesnake master flowers (photo: courtesy of Kimberly Toscano)

Rattlesnake master foliage (photo: courtesy of Kimberly Toscano)

Fernleaf peony (photo: Courtesy of Amanda Thomsen)

Eastern prickly pear

Rusty foxglove (photo: Courtesy of Richie Steffen)

‘Forelock’ allium (photo: courtesy of John Scheepers Beauty from Bulbs.)

Bear’s breeches

Bear’s breeches, cut flowers (photo: courtesy of Amanda Thomsen)







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