Plants are happiest in their comfort zone. For a healthy and productive garden, be sure to grow plants that are the right fit for your growing conditions.
Gardening Basics
New to gardening? In the market for easy gardening tips? We're sharing all of the gardening basics you'll need to turn your backyard into a stunner.
How Plant Zones Work and How to Find Yours
Plants are happiest in their comfort zone. For a healthy and productive garden, be sure to grow plants that are the right fit for your growing conditions. Read more >
The Ultimate Guide to a Dog-Friendly Backyard
Design a garden or backyard with pets in mind. A dog-friendly space keeps your furry pals safe, happy and healthy.
12 Easy Ways to Take Your Garden to the Next Level
It’s simple to make a huge impact in your garden with these easy ideas.
7 Ways to Grow the Ultimate Tomato Crop
Plant your most fruitful tomato harvest ever with these seven tried-and-tested tips for success.
12 Ways to Win the War on Weeds
Arm yourself with a favorite tool and use these fresh ideas to say goodbye to unwanted plants.
7 Surprising Facts About Dandelions
Unexpectedly nutritious and tasty, dandelions have plenty of benefits. Read up before you yank ’em.
6 Extraordinary Past Uses for Ordinary Plants
Travel back in time to discover unexpected uses for everyday plants.
The Perfect Plant: How All-America Selections Designs New Plants
We go behind the scenes to discover how AAS creates their award-winning plants, which are designed and tested to make your garden pop.
The 7 Do’s and Don’ts of Garden Containers
Seven tips for a thriving small-space garden.
9 Steps to Growing a Greener Backyard
Adopt earth-friendly habits and your yard (and wallet) will thank you.
6 Ways Green Thumbs Can Thrive in Winter
Our best plant ideas to help you through even the coldest months.
The 6 Most Common Plant Problems
Horticultural expert, Melinda Myers, answers six frequently asked gardening questions.
8 Facts About Christmas Cactus
Learn about the classic holiday plant, Christmas cactus, and how to grow it.
Grow the Biggest and Best Amaryllis
When your green thumb is itching to dig in the dirt this winter, turn to amaryllis for a quick fix!
8 Ways You Can Help Save the Bees
Help the declining pollinator population and become a bee champion.
Become a Pruning Pro
Get the job done right with advice from an experienced gardener.
How to Forage For Food in the Wild
All it takes is a little know-how to find your next feast.
Easy Care Plants Anyone Can Grow
Add these resilient and reliable plants to your garden this fall.
Gardening for Wildlife
The Certified Wildlife Habitat program from the National Wildlife
Federation has a new name: Garden for Wildlife. The program’s mission is the
same—providing food, water, shelter and places to raise young for birds and wildlife.
See how you can get involved.
Blog: How to Start Seeds Indoors
Starting seeds indoors can help you get a jump-start on spring! Learn what you need and get tips for successful seed starting here.
13 Garden Remedies to Stop Doing
There’s no need for “Dear Abby” in the garden. Just go to your gardening friends…
The Best Public Gardens in the U.S.
From coast to coast, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best public gardens in the U.S. Be sure to add these beauties to your travel bucket list!
Gardening Basics to Keep Plants Healthy
Stack the odds in your favor by learning the gardening basics of these disease-resistant plants. They’re as breathtaking as they are tough!
Alternatives to Invasive Shrubs
Find out which invasive shrubs to avoid and what to replace them with.
Winter Gardening: Tips to Add Color
Who says winter gardening has to be dull and boring? Take a look at some easy ways to add interest to your backyard this season.
DIY Vegetable Garden Idea: Mini-Me Microgreens
Good things come in small plants! Learn more about these pint-sized veggies and how to grow them in your DIY vegetable garden.
Basics of Windowsill Gardening
Don’t put your trowel down yet! From reader tips to the do’s and don’t of windowsill gardening, we’re sharing the basics of gardening in winter.
Healing Through Garden Therapy
Garden therapy has become a tool for learning, coping and healing for this Wisconsin woman living with cognitive disabilities.
Gardening Basics: Planting Perennials in Fall
Why should spring get all the glory? Learn the gardening basics of fall planting and find out why this is a prime season for gardening.
33 Tips for Farmers Markets
This helpful farmers market guide provides you with 33 of the best tips, hints and tricks for making the most of your local veggie stand.
5 Common Mistakes In The Backyard Vegetable Garden
Thinking of growing a backyard vegetable garden? Save time and money by avoiding these simple pitfalls.
Guide to Preserving and Drying Herbs
Want to enjoy summer herbs all year long? We’ll show you how with these tips and tricks on drying herbs.
How to Dry Fruit For All Seasons
Harvest seasonal fruits this summer and preserve the flavor for months! We’ll show you how to dry fruit from your garden with these three simple steps.
Basic Gardening Tips From Growing Power
Will Allen is the CEO and founder of Growing Power—the last working farm inside Milwaukee city limits. Get basic gardening tips from this prestigious award-winner.
28 Recycled Garden Ideas
Everyone loves a bargain, but gardeners are an especially resourceful bunch. Reuse odds and ends (you may already have around the house) with these recycled garden ideas!
Container Ideas: Perennials in Pots
From the bucks you’ll save to the boundless array of container ideas you can choose from, benefits abound when you plant perennials in pots.
Gardening Basics: Joining a Community Garden
Don’t have space in your own backyard? Join a community garden, and enjoy growing your own food in a public space.
Gardening Made Easy: Alternative Gardening Ideas
New garden? No sweat! Skip the stress with no-dig gardens that are good to grow. Gardening is made easy with these alternative gardening ideas.
Top 10 Foolproof Plants for Kids
Get kids excited about gardening with some gardening basics and out lists of foolproof plants for kids.
Top 10 Year-Round Perennials
Want a garden that’s beautiful all year long? It’s possible with these backyard gardening picks for year-round perennials.
Top 10 Bizarre Plants
Garden basics this are not! Walk on the wild side with these weird and wonderful bizarre plants.
Top 10 Backyard Vines With Fall Flair
Grow these backyard vines to brighten your autumn landscapes with blazing foliage, colorful berries and fetching flowers.
Gardening Made Easy: 60+ Tough Plants
Take the guesswork out of your garden and put these tough plants to the test in your backyard.
Top 10 New Plants for 2014
It’s time to celebrate! The garden world is abuzz over this year’s arrivals, and we’re sharing our list of top 10 new plants for 2014.
Gardening Basics: Secrets from the Garden Center
Shop confidently for flowers and shrubs with these insider tips from the pros. Industry experts show you the gardening basics to follow for a better (and less expensive) buying experience.
Gardening Basics: Identifying Weeds in Your Garden
Not sure how to tell the good from the bad when identifying weeds in your garden? We’ll help you figure out whether you should pull it up or let it grow.
Top 10 Plants for Sandy Soil
Since water runs right through sandy soil, the growing conditions are rather dry, even if the area gets a lot of rain. These 10 plants for sandy soil don’t seem to mind.
Top 10 Plants for Clay Soil
Slow-draining clay soil makes life difficult for many plants. Not to worry: these 10 plants for clay soil thrive in it.
Gardening with Ornamental Grasses
Low-maintenance and versatile, gardening with ornamental grasses is a great way to show off the grass in your yard as more than a tidy green carpet. With this comprehensive list of our top picks, growing ornamental grasses has never been easier!
Grand Ground Cover Ideas
Capitalize on every inch of your garden with these ground cover ideas to fill otherwise empty areas. Whether you’re working with sun or shade conditions, this basic gardening list features 12 of our ground cover favorites.
