10 Beautiful Botanical Gardens To Visit Now
A Fridge Goes From Messy To Marvelous
Marie Viljoen
Easy Summer Bulbs: Lilies
On the last of cold days of the season, think of summer-flowering bulbs and get happy. One of my favorite thoughts: Lilies blooming on my tiny terrace.
User submitted photo
Extreme Veggies: The Biggest and Best from Around the Country
Check out these gardeners, whose humongous harvests give new meaning to the term "a serving of vegetables."
Flickr, Mr. Greenjeans
Getty
Lawncare Tips from Pro Groundskeepers
With hopes of making your next couple of months of mowing and weeding and watering a little less painful, we've gathered some helpful (and little-known) tips from some of the country's foremost groundskeeping experts.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Your Own Japanese Garden
With a little patience and some careful planning, you can have your own Japanese-style garden in no time.
jupiterimages
Surprising Uses for Plants and Flowers
You already know that cotton is spun into clothing fibers, dandelion greens taste great in salads and the scent of lavender helps you relax. There are other surprising - and sometimes downright odd - uses for the plants growing in your backyard.
Safe Lawn
Green Your Lawn in a Few Easy Steps
The products you use on your lawn affect your health, your children's health and your pets' health, in addition to the environment. (In fact, in Canada legislation was passed that bans the sale of traditional pesticides that are still readily available throughout the U.S.)
Chronicle Books
Plant a Window Herb Garden
. I decided to check in with Alys Fowler, author of Garden Anywhere and a New York Botanical Garden-trained garden pro, to see if she had any advice for growing herbs in containers. Here's what she had to say:
Sponsored Links
More Hot Topics News • How Tos • Design Drools • Personal Essays
Latest Trends • Going Green • Shopping • Videos
