18 Stunning Blue Flowers You’ll Love Having in Your Garden
Plants with blue flowers add a calm, cooling splash of color to your landscape. We’ve rounded up blue perennials, annuals, shrubs, vines, and bulbs.
Garden Design
18 Native Plants with Year-Round Interest for a Continuously Beautiful Garden
These native plants help keep your gardening looking good through the seasons.
25 Budget Small Garden Ideas for Creating a Stunning Space Without Breaking the Bank
These budget small garden ideas will help you affordably create a gorgeous outdoor space.
6 Must-Know Tips for Buying Garden Seeds to Grow Veggies and Flowers
When buying garden seeds, use these tips to make smart selections from seed catalogs and garden stores.
After No Mow May, Should You Do a Slow Mow Summer?
Here's why you may want to practice a Slow Mow Summer, which focuses on mowing less area less often to help pollinators and the environment.
How to Build a Hydroponic Garden
Is a hydroponic garden the future? Save space and increase your crop yield by learning how to build one yourself.
Birds Will Flock to Your Garden When You Plant Grasses for Wildlife
Ornamental grasses for wildlife that bring birds to your garden are those that offer both food and shelter. Make your yard a bird favorite with these.
18 Essential Elements of Authentic Japanese Garden Design
These Japanese garden designs are relaxing and serene. Try our Japanese garden ideas for a peaceful ambiance in your backyard.
How to Make Hummingbird Food with Only Two Ingredients
You may be surprised by how simple it is to make this hummingbird food recipe—all you need is two ingredients to make an easy homemade nectar recipe.
5 Winter Garden Tips for Creating a Spectacular Winter Landscape
Evaluate your landscape in winter to see what's working and what's not. Ensure you have plants that look good in each mini season of winter. Choose plants with year-round interest. Place plants strategically to be most visible from windows or paths and to block drab wintertime views. Include plants to attract and feed birds in winter.
What Is a Permaculture Garden? Plus 12 Tips for Planting Your Own
With these 12 tips on how to grow a permaculture garden, you can streamline garden chores, improve the soil, and grow healthier plants.
How to Make DIY Bottle Bird Feeders
Make use of a recycled glass bottle and invite birds into your garden with a homemade bird feeder. We'll show you how to make one while adding your own flair.
The Best Plants for Birds That Produce Lots of Seeds to Feed Them
Birds eat the seeds of several annuals and perennials. The best seedy plants to grow for birds are goldenrod, pearl millet, sea holly, Joe Pye weed, New England aster, sunflower, cosmos, black-eyed Susan, purple coneflower, zinnia, coreopsis, globe thistle, sedum, and native grasses.
8 Common Bird Feeder Mistakes You Might Be Making (And How to Fix Them)
When keeping bird feeders in garden areas, make sure to avoid these bird-feeding mistakes. Instead, keep your winged visitors healthy and happy year-round.
7 Ways to Attract Monarch Butterflies to Your Garden
Draw these beautiful pollinators to your yard with our seven secrets for a successful monarch garden.
14 Stunning Peach-Colored Flowers and Foliage Plants We Love
Enjoy the 2024 Pantone Color of the Year of Peach Fuzz in your garden with these plants.
21 Colorful Rock Garden Plants That Thrive in Poor Soil
These easy-care perennials and succulents are perfect rock garden plants because they’ll grow in dry, rocky soil.
Suet for Birds is a Superfood to Keep Them Going Through Winter
Suet for birds attracts insect-eaters such as woodpeckers, chickadees, and nuthatches. See how to give your backyard birds suet this winter.
10 Red Flowers for Big, Bold Color in Your Garden
Add an eye-popping assortment of red flowers to your garden, and you'll be thrilled with the bold color they add to your landscape.
How to Build an Easy Garden Bench
This bench is the best of both worlds: sturdy and stunning. Using this guide, you'll have a new favorite spot in your garden in just a few hours.