Gardens Ideas, Tips & Guides

If you are into garden scaping, these are the Nicest Patio Garden Ideas you must definitely check out! They are easy, and you can try them on both small and big patios and decks.

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Woodland gardens have a unique charm that transports us to a world of tranquility and natural beauty.

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Blue Sea Holly is a striking, architectural, often silverized annual or short-lived perennial thistle you will want to grow from seed. Often seed in designer gardens, blue sea holly brings a bold dramatic effect to any garden.

Owen Wormser’s popular 2020 book “Lawns into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape” (affiliate link) is just out in a new second edition. Owen is a landscape designer at Abound Design, his firm based in Western Massachusetts, and we talked about the life of a meadow and its maintenance. Meadows are not an overnight project, nor are they something that remains static and unchanging, I am reminded.Plus: Enter to win a copy of the second edition of his book by commenting in the box near the bottom of the page.Read along as you listen to the April 17, 2023 edition of my public-radio show and podcast using the player below. You can subscribe to all future editions on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify or Stitcher (and browse my archive of podcasts her

Here at my Copake Falls garden all day with a truckload of irresistible botanical goodies will be Broken Arrow Nursery. They will be accepting advance phone orders, too, between now and Wednesday, May 31, if there is something special you simply must have. Their website; phone is (203) 288-1026.All ticket sales from my garden will be donated to two local nonprofits I love: the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program in nearby Ghent, N.Y., and Turtle Tree Seed in Copake.And there’s much more:Those of you who r

If you love flowers, then you must be a fan of tulips. As they come in so many colors and textures, we have put an incredible list to help you in selecting the Best Types of Tulip Varieties.

Are you looking for possible ways of adding a dose of vintage style in your garden for the upcoming season? If yes, you are just at the right place. Here I have collected for you some breathtaking designs that will turn your garden into a magical oasis meant to stand out from the rest of the crowd.

Anything grown in a pot can give your house a little bit of greenery. But can you imagine the beauty a greenhouse and the best greenhouse plants can add to your homestead?

Join us this July as we celebrate the 2-for-1 Gardens that feature in films and TV. Enjoy a day out at any of these famed gardens and landscapes, while making savings with your 2-for-1 Gardens card.

These Best Narrow Trees for Containers & Small Gardens can help you bring a dash of greenery using tall specimens in pots!

Check out some FabulousPictures of Pergolas for Gardens, we’ve handpicked for you from across the Internet!

Add a touch of happy vibes and greenery to your washroom, taking inspiration from these Bathrooms Turned into Incredible Indoor Gardens!

Welcome to our comprehensive guide on creating stunning DIY vertical gardens. In this article, we will provide you with expert tips, step-by-step instructions, and innovative ideas to help you design and build your own breathtaking vertical garden. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a beginner looking to add a touch of greenery to your living space, this guide will equip you with the knowledge and inspiration to create a remarkable vertical garden that will leave others in awe.

The day I meet David Godshall, one of the founding members of the progressive landscape architecture firm known as Terremoto, I climb the concrete steps outside his home in East Los Angeles, open a worn hinged gate, and see his garden for the first time. What I find is not quite what I was expecting, yet it makes perfect sense. Rather than the composed plants and austere rigor of the poolside landscaping Terremoto designed for actor Mandy Moore, for example, Godshall’s own garden is a tangle of mostly native and low-water plants, placed in a way that seemed haphazard but that the plants seemed to love. A dirt path is surrounded by bursts of unruly pitcher sage, sprawling California buckwheat, and Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’, all flourishing under the canopy of a Western sycamore. Cross-sawn timber planks from fallen local trees that otherwise would’ve been pulped weave through the yard like mini-bridges for his kids to play on. Raised beds tumble down the slope. A fashionable composter (yes, there is such a thing) sits under the eaves of a house that’s been painted black. Meanwhile, in one corner, a clawfoot cast- iron bathtub sits on a humble wood-plank base. This, I find out later, is where Godshall likes to bathe. 

Want to DIY a backyard pond? The Popular Mechanics has this tutorial. Find out!

Look at some of the Nicest Rooftop Garden Ideas from across the web, and mimic the best one for your house.

These Trellis Ideas for Garden are perfect for trailing plants! Use them to decorate any part of your yard stylishly!

Growing a vegetable garden, especially for the first time, can be downright intimidating. Whether you are concerned about space, soil, or planting techniques, there are so many variables to consider that even the most experienced gardeners will admit it: they sometimes make mistakes. 

Here are some great Old Wooden Boards Used to Create Brilliant Vertical Gardens ideas for you to add a beautiful appeal to your home and garden!

Perfect container garden arrangement for full or part sun. These plants can tolerate warm weather easily. In this arrangement, dusty miller is used as a thriller, petunia as filler, and dichondra as spiller!

Check out some really easy-to-make DIY Hanging Indoor Herb Gardens along with a step-by-step tutorial that will guide you into making them easily!

Last weekend I visited the annual opening of the private gardens behind some of the 17th century Merchant Houses that line the Herengracht, Prinsengracht and Kaisergracht canals in central Amsterdam.  It’s predominantly a local event, so it’s a great opportunity to mingle with the locals and see what goes on behind the houses.  ‘Passports’ are on sale

In this pandemic, gardening is all rage! We bring you some of the most beautiful pictures of Balcony Gardens Around the World that you can take some really good ideas from.

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In the world of sunshine, coconuts, and piña coladas, one really finds himself at home, relaxing to the sunny vibes. If you, too are someone who enjoys the tropical feel, then here are some great Beach Plants You Can Grow Indoors.

We have included some fantastic Balcony Gardens that Teach How to Grow More in Less Space! Get inspired and use these ideas to grow more plants!

Last month, after sixteen years, I stepped down as Gardens Editor on Country Living magazine. I’ve had a brilliant time, but I decided it was time for a life with fewer deadlines and commitments, more time to spend in my own garden, to visit other gardens, and to travel abroad to see gardens as well as wild habitats. October will be my final issue, but with th

The Horniman Museum gardens in Forest Hill, South London have had a major revamp. Check out their opening times and why not pay them a visit.  

In my earlier post about Sir Paul Smith, I wrote about the role of green as the anchor that holds everything in place in a garden – so it’s unsurprising that the greenness was what I noticed as I looked at some of the drawings of this year’s Chelsea gardens. No doubt, when we get to Chelsea our eyes will seek out the excitement, and the actual gardens will be further enlivened by shape, texture and the play of light, but it is useful to see the contribution that green makes to each of the gardens and bear it in mind for the planting in our own garden. Jo Thompson’s Sylvan Retreat will h

Pasadena’s Huntingdon Gardens Revisited It’s decades since I last visited the Huntingdon Gardens and my memory of them was quite hazy, other than admiring the Japanese bridge and seeing hippeastrums growing outdoors, so it was top on my list of places to go when we had a two-night stopover in Los Angeles en route to Tasmania. It has clearly been spraunced up a fair bit since my last visit and parts of it are quite breathtaking – in particular the Desert Garden – it is astonishing.

Community Gardens Chris Beardshaw is one of our most socially responsible garden designers, but I was struck by the difference between the idealised group of community gardens he has created with volunteers for the Hampton Court Flower Show and the on-the-ground reality of a local community garden I’ve had a small involvement with in St Leonard’s on Sea. The Hampton Court gardens are all very beautiful, enclosed behind neat brick walls with wonderful herbaceous planting, an immaculate vegetable garden, a woodland copse – and Chris has obviously managed to persuade his contacts to be very generous with landscaping materials and plants.

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Why not see a few more modern gardens from some of the other shows.

If you want to include a mini water feature in your garden or homes, then try growing these Small Water Plants for Mini Container Water Gardens.