34 Plants For Your Cottage Garden
Are you hunting for the perfect plants to use in your cottage garden? Here are 34 plants that will work beautifully with this charming gardening style.
13 Varieties of Flowering Ginger for Your Garden
Ginger is a delicious spice and a stunning tropical plant that is easy to care for and fast-growing. Here are some of the most beautiful varieties of flowering ginger for your home and garden.
How to Grow Your Own Backyard Blue Zone
Drawing from the wisdom and habits of some of the world’s longest-living populations, growing and eating your own fruits and vegetables is a vital key to longevity. Check out our guide to growing your own backyard Blue Zone in this article.
27 Evergreen Shrubs That Look Good Year-Round
Planning your garden around an evergreen foundation is a great way to maintain year-round interest in the landscape. Here are some of our favorite evergreen shrubs that make a stunning backdrop for showier plants during the warmer months while still looking nice in the colder ones.
How to Create A Cottage Garden
Interested in creating a charming cottage garden in your yard? In this article, gardening expert Melissa Strauss will walk through the steps and elements of creating a wonderfully wild cottage garden.
How to Create a Bee-Watering Station
Adding a watering station to your garden is a great way to help support and protect local bee and pollinator populations. Read on to learn why a watering station is a valuable addition to your pollinator garden and how you can make a simple one yourself!
21 Species of Native Milkweed for Attracting Butterflies
Milkweed is a beautiful genus of plants that are of great importance to pollinators, and especially to the Monarch butterfly. In this article, gardening expert and pollinator enthusiast Melissa Strauss shares some of her favorite species of Milkweed plants that are native to the United States.
How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Bat Flower
Do you have a thing for rare and exciting plants? The bat flower is an incredible plant with some of the most interesting flowers around. Here, gardening expert Melissa Strauss explains how to care for this unique and exciting tropical beauty.
Top 21 Shrubs for Pollinators
There are many ways to attract pollinators to the garden. One of the best ways is by planting flowering shrubs! In this article, gardening expert and beekeeper Melissa Strauss shares 21 shrubs that will keep the bees returning to your garden for more.
How to Design Your Landscape for Ultimate Fall Color
Fall is the perfect time to enjoy the garden. Cool weather makes the outdoors even more enjoyable, revitalizing plants after the summer heat. In this article, gardening expert Melissa Strauss discusses designing your garden for maximum color in the cooler months.
27 Hardy Mum Varieties for Your Fall Garden
Fall is just around the corner, and chrysanthemums are fully in season. Here are 27 stunningly colorful varieties to add to your fall garden or container arrangements
17 Naturalizing Fall Bulbs for Easy Perennial Color
Naturalizing bulbs consistently bring color to the spring garden with little effort from the gardener! In this article, gardening expert Melissa Strauss introduces 17 bulbs to plant in the fall that will naturalize in your landscape.