Outdoor Living - Fine Gardening

Create Outdoor Rooms That Feel Open, Inviting, and Perfectly Secluded

Finding ways to make garden spaces feel set apart and sheltered is an essential strategy in neighborhoods where homes are close together. On my own small lot, I replaced the…

Planting Around a Patio in the Pacific Northwest

February in our region was a month of waiting for the weather to get better. Warm winds and longer days have finally arrived, and most of us are desperate to…

DeBorrah’s Garden Sanctuary

My name is DeBorrah Tibbs. I live in the hot Georgia Peach state in Smyrna. Gardening is my passion and is ever changing. I have gardened most of my life,…

Creating an Outdoor Shower

Forget about rinsing off with the garden hose. After a day spent mulching and weeding under the hot sun, nothing beats an outdoor shower. All that fresh air, warm water,…

A Garden That Has It All

My husband and I moved into our house in November nine years ago. I recall the weather vividly because, instead of starting my new journey indoors with painting walls and…

Design a Better Deck

Any outdoor space is better than no outdoor space. Even the kind of deck that we call a “penalty box”—the type you’ve probably seen attached to one side of a…

Seating Areas Made Simple

Your ideal outdoor living space is only three steps away

Tour the Peggy Rockefellar Rose Garden

How to Make a Straw-Bale Garden

Why build a straw-bale garden? For starters, it’s the perfect solution if you only have a small space to garden. This whole concept was fairly straightforward and comes together easily.…

Gardening for wildlife

See how this gardener designed her garden to be friendly to wildlife.