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  • Domesticated Honeybees
    How-To

    8 Types of Pollinators That Visit the Garden

    Containers filled with pollinator-pleasing plants will bring an assortment of fascinating creatures to your yard. From the portfolio of nature photographer Bill Johnson, let’s take a look at some of…

  • Episode 111: Weed Suppressing Ground Covers
    Design

    Episode 111: Weed-Suppressing Ground Covers

    Is there anything ground covers can’t do? They are useful in problem areas like steep slopes, under trees and shrubs, and in spaces that need erosion control. They also reduce…

  • how to grow tree peonies
    Design

    How to Grow Tree Peonies in the Northeast

    We gardeners in the Northeast are notorious for complaining about the weather, particularly about our cold, snowy winters and what often seems like too-short, too-hot summers, yet this four-season climate…

  • tips for shopping at a garden center
    How-To

    Tips for Shopping at a Southern California Garden Center

    Garden centers offer a wide range of lovely plants. Yet it’s important to consider not only the plants that we find eye-catching but also those that will thrive in our…

  • garden pond waterfall
    Design

    A Garden Jay Made in North Carolina

    We’re visiting with Jay Sifford today. We’ve visited his personal gardens in North Carolina before (Summer in Jay's Garden), but today he’s sharing a garden he created for one of…

  • How-To

    Growing Green Mâche from Seed

    When I was a child, my family cele­brated the first days of spring with a garden salad of nutty, dark green rosettes that we called feldsalat. Back then, my mother…

  • Design

    Mother’s Day Gifts for Gardeners: Container Garden

    Looking for Mother's Day gifts for gardeners? While it is traditional on Mother’s Day to give Mom a bouquet, cut flowers only last so long. A container will flourish and…

  • Echinocactus grusonii
    Design

    Designing a Cacti and Succulent Garden in the Southwest

    Warming climate trends are creating more opportunities to add diverse succulents to Southwestern gardens. In Santa Fe, where I live, our USDA Zone has moved from Zone 5 in 1995…

  • tropical plants with orange flowers
    Design

    Lynn’s Coastal Mississippi Garden

    Today’s photos are from Lynn Naquin. This is my garden paradise in the coastal Mississippi city of Bay Saint Louis. We have about 1/2 acre, and it is filled to…

  • Episode 109: Shopping List Plants
    Design

    Episode 109: Shopping List Plants

    Little kids have Christmas. Gardeners have spring. To us, this is the most wonderful time of the year. And with the start of the season come those inevitable trips to…