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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One Day Backyard Ideas & DIY Projects
Most of us are really busy, and if we end up spending several weekends in a row having to work on backyard ideas & projects, they tend to not get…
Easy DIY Strawberry Pot Ideas
When I first considered putting a water feature into my garden, I was intimidated. It seemed like a daunting task best left to people with a lot of money to…
Creative DIY Mosaic Garden Projects
I love bringing art into the garden. Even better if it turns out to be a fun project at the same time. These DIY mosaic garden projects are both practical…
18 DIY Potting Benches You’ll Want to Show Off
If you garden at all, you need a potting bench! Why? Yes, you could transplant those seedlings on the back patio, and you could re-pot all your houseplants, all on…
DIY Project: Contemporary Garden Water Feature Less than $30
Designing a DIY garden water feature can be a challenge if you are on a tight budget. It can be even more of a challenge if you are looking for…
DIY Outdoor Grill Stations & Kitchens
The great outdoors and food just kinda go together, don’t they? Think camping, picnics, and of course, BBQ’s! So instead of schlepping all your food, dishes and cooking prep through…
14 Super Cool DIY Backyard Furniture Projects
Backyard furniture can be just as important as the furniture in your living room these days… after all, we have finally embraced the outdoors as another room on it’s own!…
DIY Garden Paths And Backyard Walkway Ideas
We all love a garden path, whether winding or straight. Neat as a pin or overgrown with plants, backyard garden paths lead our eye through a garden, and add charm…
Buy or DIY? – 16 Cool Planters
Most of us who love container gardening have, at one point or another, gotten bored with the planters we can find at stores. They are fine, they work, but they…
Backyard Shade : 9 Clever DIY Ideas
It’s pretty tough to enjoy summer activities in a backyard that bakes in the afternoon heat. We all need a way to get out of the sun, but still be…
More Unique Garden Containers You Never Thought Of…
One of our most popular series of posts has been “Containers You Never Thought Of”. So we decided it was time to update this post with even more new, unique…
Cool and Creative DIY Glass Insulator Planter
We here at TGG have been doing a lot with antique glass insulators lately… we have a tutorial on making a garden lantern from insulators that has been pretty popular…