What to Know About Starting Your First Native Plant Garden
Girasole SonomaSave Photo Without food for the young, there would be no butterflies, moths or bees. Here, a monarch caterpillar enjoys milkweed (Asclepias spp., zones 3 to 9 depending on…
Mountaintop Garden Bursting With Color
Perched high atop a mountain in Lansing, North Carolina, this home has spectacular views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The yard around it, consisting of a steep and rocky slope,…
10 Things to Do in Your Early Fall Garden
Jaffe Architecture + InteriorsSave Photo Warm-winter climates. Many bulbs, including favorites such as daffodils and tulips, require the winter chill to bloom. If you live in a warmer area, you’ll…
How to Help Your Garden Survive a Heat Wave
We’ve all experienced it: blistering temperatures, above our typical summer averages, that have us flocking to the comfort of our homes. But what about the plants in our gardens? Unless…
Garden Design Pros Share 10 Ways to Make Your Yard More Inviting
Przygoda-Montgomery also believes that a thoughtful layout and comfortable seating are essential for creating an inviting landscape, especially if the space will be used for entertaining. “If there’s not a…
Garden Connections in a Period Cottage
The layout of the kitchen revolves around an island measuring 8 by 3⅓ feet. “We placed seating on three sides of the island so that during gatherings people could have…
10 Tips for Creating a Garden for Aging in Place
Hoffman LandscapesSave Photo 7. Turn to Technology Automate as many maintenance chores as you can. A good place to start is with your irrigation systems. You can add timers to…
A Flourishing + Romantic Garden For A Federation Family Home
An existing mature birch tree was all the inspiration Saint Remy needed to design this new garden in Ripponlea. The landscape design studio envisioned a ‘birch woodland’ — a sea…
How CARD Transformed A Brisbane Home With A Garden Pavilion
Renovating this post-war home in Kenmore was a bit of a passion project for CARD co-founder Jimi Connor and his dad, David. David and his partner Georgia had lived in…
A Forever Seaside Garden Of Coastal Natives + Perennials
For many years, this garden in Barwon Heads has been well loved in its street for an abundantly productive lemon tree, as well as pretty flowering plants, and rockery style…