If your garden is on any kind of a slope, it’s possible a garden retaining wall might make your property more usable, and more valuable. Retaining walls hold back soil…
Browsing Category DIY Projects
Browse all our posts on DIY projects! DIY backyard garden ideas and tutorials for every gardener, from beginning to advanced. Everything from making DIY backyard furniture to learning how to build a fire pit. Use some of these garden ideas to create an outdoor space you will love. Pick a few of these DIY garden projects, and get inspired!
DIY Topiary Projects for the Garden
Formal, fanciful or modern, garden topiaries make one take notice. They do have a bad rap though, for being high maintenance. You don’t need a team of well paid gardeners and…
Creative DIY Garden Sign Ideas and Projects
I love a little charm and whimsy in the garden, don’t you? And the garden is also the perfect place for a homemade DIY project as well. What better way…
DIY Garden Trellis Projects
Growing vines and other vertical elements in a garden adds height, interest, expands useful space, and sometimes even acts as a privacy screen! It’s pretty impossibly to grow vines, however,…
Fancy DIY Backyard Fence Ideas
Putting up a backyard fence isn’t a small project, but it’s one that can improve your time in your yard, make it safe for kids and pets, and increase your home’s value….
How to Make a Unique DIY Garden Lantern
Nothing is better than soft, natural lighting while spending time outdoors in the evening hours. I don’t know about you, but I prefer my garden lighting to have some character!…
Creative Ways to Use Rocks in the Garden
Got too many rocks in the garden? Most of our gardens have stones and rocks that we could do without. Our gardens here at TGG are full of them. Hauling…
9 Brilliant DIY Outdoor Furniture Ideas & Projects
We love living outdoors as much as possible, but in order to live outdoors, you need to have a spot to do that living! That pretty much requires furniture, which…
How to Add Whimsy to Your Garden
Ok, so you have the plants picked out, the hardscape in place, and even some evening lighting, but you still feel something is missing from your garden. Chances are, it’s…
5 Ways to Use Cinder Blocks in the Garden
Concrete, or cinder block, is an inexpensive building material for the garden. Easily picked up at your local home improvement store, with a little creativity you can use it to…
More Unique Garden Containers You Never Thought Of… – Part 2
More Unique Garden Containers You Never Thought of – Part Two If you missed Part One, start at “More Unique Garden Containers You Never Thought Of “. Then come back…
Wonderful Windows and Doors in the Garden
If you are looking for a way to add some whimsy or character to your yard, you will have a pretty safe bet if you use windows and doors in the…
Easy Plant Markers & Labels You Can Make
Spring is just around the corner, and indoor seed starting is even closer… Many of us are looking for ways to mark out flats, pots and rows without using those…