A DIY vertical garden maximizes space in a small area. This vertical planter uses a common container that people often toss ...

Ever wish your backyard felt like a little getaway? With a few clever garden layout ideas, you can turn even a small yard ...

Commercial fertilizer puts vital nutrients back into the soil, but it can be harsh on plants and the surrounding environment. On average, crops only take up about half of the nitrogen deposited by ...

Sometimes garden writers make things involve more work and expense than necessary. Raised garden beds are one example. Your crops will grow fine whether your beds are level, raised or even sunken (a ...

Urban living has many advantages, but one downside is the minimal (if any) outside space that accompanies our homes. Thankfully, landscapers have numerous ways to make a small garden look bigger.

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Thinking of these factors can help make sure a garden grows happy and healthy kids, as well as happy and healthy plants. Creating a child-friendly garden is straightforward. But there are certain ...

Wickham Park's sensory garden in Connecticut, one of the largest sensory gardens in the country, blends visual elements such as sculptures with foliage, water and other features. A well-rounded garden ...

My wife, Sherrie, and I first attempted to build raised garden beds as a rather desperate means of dealing with a garden site that offered only rocky, dead, chemically abused soil. There was little ...

There is no SAT of garden design, no C- for an essay pounded out in the early hours of the morning before class. No one gets to edit the story of your garden. Except you. But first you've got to write ...