Garden Designing

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Eco-friendly Garden Projects for Sustainable September

Help nourish nature with your caretaking.

10 Vegetables to Grow in Fall

Extend your gardening season with these cool-weather crops.

wood frame raised garden bed
How to Build a Raised Garden Bed

Starting with a frame allows you to control soil quality.

10 Shrubs for Beautiful Fall Color

When the weather cools, don't let the garden fizzle out.

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30 Flowers Fall Gardeners Love

Creating aesthetic interest in your garden is a breeze!

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Choosing the Best Companion Plants for a Yucca

Yucca plants are enchanting additions to a home or garden.

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How to Plant a Square Foot Garden

These tips will help you create a garden in a small space.

Three people in a garden.
How to Organize a Community Garden

A community garden can bring a neighborhood together.

An entrance to a secret garden.
How to Create a Secret Garden

A secret garden can provide the perfect outdoor escape.

A row of tires with green leafy plants in them.
4 Raised Garden Bed Ideas

Gardening doesn’t have to be backbreaking when your garden bed is raised!

Watering plants with cash growing around them.
How to Be a Frugal Gardener

These tips can keep costs down without sacrificing your garden's bounty.

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How to Double the Plants in Your Yard for Free

Here’s how to propagate what you have, find free plants, and increase your landscaping for free!

A low-water landscape with lavender and other drought-tolerant plants.
7 Ways to Get a Low-Water Yard

Here are a few ways to reduce your yard's water consumption.

Succulents on a table
5 Ways to Design a Small Urban Garden

A small space doesn't mean you can't have plants.

A shaded yard with trees and a brick pathway.
6 Colorful Shade Plants

Spring is coming, so add a pop of color to your yard or garden to celebrate!

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Gardening for Beginners

Grow flowers and vegetables with a few hot tips.

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Growing Vines In Your Garden

To vine or not to vine, that is the question.

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Choosing Companion Plants to Compliment a Camellia

Blend or accent your camellias with the right companion plants.

A raised bed garden box with carrot plants.
No Dig Gardens

No need for a shovel, or to stoop when you plant or harvest.

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Best Types Of Light For Plants

Plants need light, but not too much.

Garden Fences

Build in protection from wildlife and intruders.

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Where Can I Buy Vegetable Garden Plants?

Get a jump on the season with seedlings and starts.

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Easy Outdoor Plants

Steer clear of invasive species and plant these instead.

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Gardening Tips and Tricks for the Green Thumb Challenged

Don’t have a green thumb? Don’t worry! We get to the bottom of common mistakes and some tips and tricks to make your garden shine.

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10 Beautiful Bug Eating Plants (and How to Love Them)

Some can thrive indoors, others are best in the wild.

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How to Organize Your Garden

Here are some helpful tips for organizing your garden.

Flowers in a winter garden.  Photo by Oisin Mulvihill.
What to Plant in Your Winter Garden

Fresh food and flowers, even after temperatures turn colder.

Planting by Height

Utilize height to achieve privacy or design.

Planting by Shape

Create dimension and texture in your garden with plants of all shapes and sizes.

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Planting by Color

Use color to make your garden stand out.

a sand garden with rocks and curving, raked lines
How to Build a Sand Garden

These Zen spaces encourage relaxation and rejuvenation.

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DIY Raspberry Trellis

Help your beautiful berry plants grow strong and tall.

How to Plant a Potager Garden

Love to cook? Consider building your own potager garden for the freshest vegetables and herbs.

wire fencing used as a trellis
Use Galvanized Wire for a Inexpensive Trellis

Galvanized wire offers many advantages as a trellis.

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How to Create a Postage Stamp Garden

Even small spaces can grow valuable veggies.

Vertical garden on brick wall
Vertical Gardening 101

Vertical gardens are beautiful and practical. Find out how to make your own out of almost anything!

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Hide Utility Boxes in Your Yard: 5 Ideas

Where should I hide my utility box?

Quick way to get a new lawn. Roll out new turf.
Answers to Landscaping Questions

9 questions about your lawn, answered.

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Using Jasmine in Companion Planting

Jasmine is such a beautiful plant that many people want to incorporate it into their garden design.

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Choosing the Best Companion Plants for a Caladium

Caladium bulbs are leafy plants with foliage that comes in green, white, salmon, red and pink varieties.

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Choosing Companion Plants to Go with Your Forsythia

Forsythia is an early blooming shrub. They can burst with bright yellow blossoms as early as February.

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Best Companion Plants for a Lobelia

A lobelia, also known as a cardinal flower, is a plant that has more than 350 species.

How to Use Lettuce in Companion Planting

Lettuce is a great companion vegetable for onions, carrots, radishes, cucumber, and strawberries.

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Choosing the Best Companion Plants for a Phlox

Many sun loving perennials go well with phlox, such as grasses, agastache, rudbeckia, and coreopsis.

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What Plants Work Best for Rain Gardens?

These beauties love the water.