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Les Brake
Les Brake
is a gardener in Willow, Alaska, where he enjoys scratching around in
the earth. Since 1984 he and his partner have created a garden that has
been featured in numerous magazines, including Horticulture, Sunset,
Country Living Gardener, Gardens Illustrated (England), Garten Praxis
(Germany), and New Zealand Gardner and was recently
profiled in Plant Driven Design, the latest book from Lauren
Springer Ogden and Scott Ogden. The garden has also appeared on two HGTV
television shows, as well as the PBS series “Smart Gardening”.
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His
ice arrangements have gained some notoriety, too, and have been featured
in Better Homes and Gardens. In addition to appearing in several
magazines, including Better Homes and Gardens, garden writer
Suzy Bales gave them a six-page profile in her book, The Garden in
Winter. It
is less well know that he is the illegitimate son of Red Skelton and
Nancy Reagan, and that his garden has also been featured in Modern
Manure Magazine, Mother’s Dirty Nose, and the Better Shacks & Tater
Patches Journal and on the television shows “Green Knee Curse” & “the
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