Have a shady spot in your yard? You will love these stunning and inspiring shade gardens and find some fantastic plant suggestions for shady spaces.
So you want to have a beautiful yard filled with plants that will add character, but you have no sun because your entire yard is covered with trees? Do you have a back covered patio that’s in need of some refreshing and updating? Well, we at Garden Valley Farmers Market, have got you covered with o
Because every tiny apartment could use a levitating garden.
An artful mix of curved terraces, vibrant flowers, and luxuriant succulents transforms a challenging backyard
Don't overlook the often-neglected areas potential to amp up your landscape.
Give your garden some elegant outlines. Use these flagstone and brick garden edging ideas to lend character, definition, and texture to your landscaping beds.
What if you stopped thinking of your backyard as a tiny bit of lawn, trapped by a fence, and instead began thinking of it as an outdoor room, with dirt for a floor and the sky for a ceiling? This is an approach that works particularly well for townhouse backyards, and it can work for you, too. Here’s a little inspiration.
Happy Monday, Homies! Good to see you back. In this week's photos we have a lot of fantasy, and in this week's Clicky Links there's a lot of helpful hints. Share your photos by posting to our Flickr group, and share your inspirations with us on Pinterest.
Have a shady spot in your yard? You will love these stunning and inspiring shade gardens and find some fantastic plant suggestions for shady spaces.
It's often hard to know what to grow in a shady area. Here's a list of beautiful, shade-tolerant plants, including: astilbe, hostas, anemone, aquilegia, epimedium, and trillium. Photographs & descriptions of these shade-loving plants.
Yep, there’s a Shakespeare reference here!
Adding a deck or veranda to your home is quite possibly the best thing you can do. It is a very cost-effective way to create more livable space that will get used often. It's also a great way to add disproportionate value to your home in that a $5,000 investment often adds $10,000 or even $20,000 of perceived value. Here are a few ideas for you to ponder. You'll also find a full step-by-step guide to building a deck here:
This Earthship home is an incredibly gorgeous, off grid eco-retreat. It's nestled into a hillside in beautiful Waikato, New Zealand.
Sydney architect Hugh Burnett shares his top tips for creating a soft, flowing garden with pretty perennials that change with the seasons.
Who's with me on converting ordinary backyard into a romantic garden of your dreams? In this post I'm sharing my favorite backyard garden design and ideas that are just too beautiful to pass on. A
Everything you need to know about making swales in your permaculture garden to capture rainwater for your food forest.
The Agapanthus, commonly referred to as the Lily-of-the-Nile or the African lily plant, displays large masses of striking blue or white flowers atop a tall and slender stalk. Learn more about this pla
If you have a love affair with plants and flowers, then why not create an inspiring greenhouse structure right in your own backyard.
Looking for a fuss-free perennial that's attractive, dependable, deer-resistant, multiseasonal and extremely long-lived? Meet baptisia-a prairie native whose beautiful spires are reminiscent of the beloved lupine, minus the maintenance.
Sorting out a multi-level garden with beds sporting vibrant, low-growing plants has made this coastal patch in Torquay a standout.
Seen from the street, a gingerbread Victorian cottage near Melbourne, Australia hides its secret: a streamlined rear extension with a sleekly modern silhou
My Pergola Project: How to build 8x10 feet simple Pergola for your backyard that you can grow Grape vine right next to it and it will eventually cover it for you and give you a nice shade.
This blog post (which is about enhancing the privacy of our tiny shared, multi-use outdoor area around the garden shower,) was sponsored by eBay and ShopStyle. As always, all words, opinions and images are my own. This time of year, we use our compact thoroughfare garden and our shared p
Great artists steal – and so do great gardeners. Recreate these stunning features from famous gardens in your own
We made this garden walkway with a mold that we purchased at Lowe's. We mixed the Quickcrete up and then poured it into the mold a section at a time. It was alm…
To celebrate the arrival of spring, let's talk about flowering vines. One of the more elegant ways to have in the garden is to add climbing plants or flowering vines. These plants can be trained to grow on structures such as trellis and pergola. Not only can it provide additional protection from the sun, they also provide a heady sweet smell that can be enjoyed until late spring.
Outdoor tropical plants bring a little slice of paradise right to your door. If you're considering planting tropical flowers or foliage, here are some ideas to get you started.
Whether you are in a summer home or your year-round home, check out these summer cottage garden plans. They'll have your front yard cottage-cozy in no time!
Discover simple, cost-effective tips to elevate your home's appeal. Luxury on a budget is achievable, and we'll show you how!
I am excited to share that The National Garden Bureau has chosen the allium as the bulb of the year! They pick one annual, one perennial, one bulb crop and one…
Fill your yard with non-stop color using these popular flowering perennials. HGTV shares the best perennials for a colorful garden year after year.
All the highlights of our July issue, from a weavers' cottage in Wiltshire to a timber cabin in Norway.
A raised bed garden offers many advantages to in-ground gardening; the choices are limited only by your creativity. Here's some inspiration.
Learn which Hosta companion plants will look the best in your yard with lots of shade garden pictures to provide inspiration and ideas.
Shade container gardens offer a quick and easy way to brighten up a shady yard. Our caladium container ideas come with design suggestions and plant combinations. Give them a try!
“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1 Whew, with the storms that …
Make a big impact in your garden with these 3 mass planting techniques.
It seems incomprehensible to me that I have given basically no thought to container plantings this year. By this time of the year I usually know exactly what I’ll be doing in all of my containers, but I’m just first starting to think about it now. Certainly the weather is partly to blame, but I’ve […]
If you want a romantic, magical garden, check out our cottage landscaping ideas. With the right plants and paths, a cottage garden can be yours.
These guidelines will help you stay on top of summer gardening tasks and maintenance, keeping your plants colorful and thriving throughout the season.
Who doesn't love a dreamy backyard to spend time enjoying the warm summer weather or entertaining your favorite friends under the stars? These snaps we spotted on Instagram may inspire you to plan an outdoor soiree or perhaps even how to spend your next staycation.
In Renewing Tradition, architect Eric J. Smith reveals a design philosophy rooted in reverence, humility, and the tenets of classicism.
