One of the most overlooked elements of garden design for the average DIY gardener is garden edging. It can be laborious to install, expensive, and lets face it…just plain boring….
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Garden Inspiration: What Simple Garden Ideas Can Teach Us
This is not a how to article, TGG readers… it is an inspirational post about learning to open our eyes, and remember that the reason we garden isn’t just to…
Landscape Island Ideas & Garden Bed Design
Landscape island beds are a great solution for a garden that lacks a focal point, and an easy way to add color and texture to a large expanse of boring…
Beautiful Backyard Garden Ideas & Inspiration
We all would love to have a magazine worthy beautiful backyard! It is possible for a DIY’er, if you tackle it one project at a time. Use these photos of…
How to Grow a Wildflower Garden
Most of us who garden have at one time or another dreamed of the charm and whimsy of a wildflower garden. Come on, admit it… you too have longed for a…
Update Your Garden with Dark & Dramatic Plants
If you want to add a little drama and excitement to your garden, using plants and flowers with dark colors will always fit the bill. Not only do they add…
Desert Gardening – Our Trip to a Desert Nursery
Steve and I recently took a trip down to Palm Springs, California to check out the area that has recently been named the “Most Stylish City in America”. While much…
Perfect Pond Plants
If you have garden pond or a water garden, choosing your plants is the best, and sometimes most intimidating part of the process! Adding plants gives your pond life, helps…
Easy to Grow : Delightful Daylilies
There aren’t very many plants that I will call fool proof, but the daylily comes pretty close. Tolerant of drought, tough soils, even partial shade, these beauties’ blooms last only…
15 Creative Garden Fence Ideas & Spruce-Ups
We don’t always think of our outdoor spaces like rooms, but we should! There should be design elements in every garden that make us smile, and that shouldn’t be limited…
7 Gorgeous Shade Loving Plants
A lot of gardeners hate the word “shade”. It keeps them awake at night wondering how to get anything to bloom or grow. For so long we have been conditioned…
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…
Pretty In Pink (Gardens!)
Most of us grow gardens because we love the feeling they give us. Whether that feeling is calm or energetic, color is one of the main ways we can affect…