This creative northern gardener brings the beach to her backyard.
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With its soft, dappled light, a shady backyard can be a soothing retreat...or a barren disappointment. A shady spot loses its charm when its only distinguishing features are bare earth, a few tufts of grass and a handful of spindly plants. But there's a simple formula for making shade work for you...
Rusty Brauner of Mandeville, Louisiana shares his top picks for shady plants.
Here are some great spring trees that will help attract birds and butterflies to your backyard.
Gardening is full of surprises. One of the most puzzling is when flowers unexpectedly change color or form.
Use these tips to deter these doe-eyed diners from your garden buffet.
Mention ornamental grasses and many people envision amber waves on an endless prairie. It's not an image that fits in most backyards. Ornamental Grasses provide beauty and color to your landscape.
This young couple uses plants and flowers as their multihued, artistic palette.
Luckily for us animal lovers, there are plenty of savvy, pet-friendly gardening strategies out there that can help us build beautiful gardens where plants, pets and people can coexist.
Reader Tom Clark of York, Maine spent 15 years building this backyard water garden. Take a walking tour to see more of his accidental, yet incredibly tranquil, backyard pond.
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