From a distance it looks like an artfully designed ornamental garden rolling down the crest of a New Hampshire slope. Lush green hedges segment space, tall shrubs form vertical accents, foxglove ...
When we think about vegetable gardens, we don’t usually think about interplanting flowers and herbs with our vegetables. In recent years, the internet has exploded with information and misinformation ...
TO MY HUSBAND, a garden means a sort of outdoor refrigerator, ideally stocked with enough fresh vegetables to rival a Whole Foods. What tips for growing vegetables do you have to share with other ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Barbara Damrosch, Special to The Washington Post As gardeners, we cast our plants in different roles. “Because you’re so beautiful,” we tell a rosebush, ...
Less than a mile from the crowded center of Camden, Maine, Leslie Fillnow’s garden winds from the pumpkins and squash curling over the fieldstone wall below her steep lawn to the patch of purple ...
Looking to give your landscape an update? These 2026 garden trends will be popping up all over the neighborhood soon. Ball ...
As the weather warms, anticipation grows in people eager to grow vegetable gardens. Gardening daydreams become a canvas of plump tomatoes, colorful dangling peppers, and sprawling squash vines covered ...
As the weather heats up, it’s time for gardeners — especially those with constrained spaces — to fill those pots and planters. Experts and garden designers have a lot of advice to offer about making ...
Permanent supports can be used for frost protection in the spring and shade in the summer. Shade cloth should be positioned to filter the sun during the most intense part of the day. Tall plants like ...
Vegetable platters should look like flower gardens -- and this time of year, you only need to venture around your neighborhood to get a lesson in how to arrange food. While you're out walking, notice ...
The best way to determine what to plant in July is to familiarize yourself with your United States Department of Agriculture’s hardiness zone. This number, based on an area’s average extreme minimum ...
To ensure success for your crops, direct-sow seeds as early as possible in August. If your frost date is rapidly approaching, look for fast-maturing crops or plant starts instead of sowing seeds. It ...