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pollinator garden raised beds. Close-up of a white wooden raised bed with various flowering plants attracting pollinators to a sunny garden. The raised bed features red and yellow petunias, Verbascum 'Southern Charm', purple and white Sweet Alyssum, Echium pininana, pink and purple hydrangeas, Phlox, Salvia and more.

Raised Bed Gardening

How to Grow a Pollinator Garden in Raised Beds

Pollinator gardening is a popular way for plant lovers to support those all-important garden workers. We just love a functional and beautiful raised bed garden. In this article, beekeeper Melissa Strauss will help you build a raised bed garden that the butterflies will be talking about for miles.

tastiest tomatoes. Close-up of a cluster of ripe 'Pineapple' tomatoes in a sunny garden against a blurred background. The tomatoes exhibit a vibrant yellow color with streaks and patches of red and orange. Each fruit is characterized by its smooth, slightly ribbed skin and hefty size, filled with juicy flesh.

Fruits

17 Tastiest Tomato Varieties for Fresh Eating

If you love the taste of fresh, sun-ripened tomatoes, we have some great varieties for you to try. Tomatoes are amazing fruits that provide tons of important nutrients to your diet, and they taste wonderful. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares some of the most delicious tomatoes for eating straight off the vine.

Close-up of sprouted rhizome in soil. The rhizome presents a knobby and irregular appearance with pale beige to yellowish-brown skin. The rhizomes feature fibrous roots and nodes from which shoots emerge.

Edible

Can you Grow Ginger from Store-Bought Rhizomes?

With its unmistakable warming spice and stomach-soothing properties, ginger is a kitchen staple. But can you use those store-bought ginger rhizomes to grow plants of your own? Garden expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey has all the answers you need.

White mountain mint flowers bloom in clusters, their delicate petals catching the sun's rays. Linear leaves stretch towards the light, creating a harmonious scene against a backdrop of lush, blurred greenery.

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Mountain Mint

When you think of mint, you probably imagine refreshing herbs like peppermint and spearmint. Plants known as mountain mint act as pollinator magnets and make a great addition to meadows and pollinator gardens. Join gardener Briana Yablonski to learn how to plant and care for these low-maintenance perennials.

garden color schemes. Close-up of a flowering bed of colorful zinnias in a sunny garden. Zinnias are vibrant and eye-catching annual flowers known for their striking colors and diverse forms. They feature sturdy stems with lance-shaped leaves arranged opposite each other. Atop these stems, zinnias produce large, daisy-like flowers with multiple layers of petals in a wide array of hues, including shades of red, orange, pink, and white.

Gardening Tips

10 Garden Designs for Different Color Schemes

Choosing colors for the garden allows us to play with exciting combinations and moods. Color combinations create lively, energized spaces or peaceful and serene ones. They’ll complement a home or contrast it beautifully through striking opposites. Explore ideas for different color schemes with garden designer Katherine Rowe.

save overfertilized plants. Close-up of Calathea Orbifolia in a large white pot outdoors. The plant has damaged leaves due to overfertilization. Calathea Orbifolia is a stunning tropical plant known for its large, oval leaves adorned with intricate patterns of silvery-green stripes that radiate from the central vein. Each leaf showcases a blend of light and dark green hues. The tips of the leaves are brown and dry.

Gardening Tips

9 Ways to Save Over-Fertilized Plants

Too many nutrients can be catastrophic for houseplants, vegetables, and shrubs, but these remedies may help you save over-fertilized plants. Garden expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey explains how to identify and fix over-fertilization before it kills your plants.

Vibrant flowers bloom in a compact raised bed, their petals bursting with colors, complemented by lush green foliage. Surrounding this floral oasis, other raised beds thrive with verdant plants, creating a lively and harmonious garden scene.

Flowers

9 Tips For Growing a Cutting Garden in Raised Beds

Whether small or large scale, cutting gardens delight the grower with bundles of color, fragrance, form, and texture for floral arranging throughout the growing season. Growing cut flower gardens in raised beds sets the stage for flourishing, productive plants. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe for tips on producing a bounty of blooms in raised beds.

Close-up of a flowering Pelargonium x fragrans ‘Nutmeg’ plant, one of the popular species of scented leaved geraniums. It is a charming cultivar distinguished by its compact growth habit and fragrant foliage. Its leaves are deeply lobed and rich green, with a distinctive nutmeg scent. Delicate clusters of small, white flowers adorn the plant.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Scented-Leaved Geraniums

Scented-leaved geraniums are dynamic plants to delight the senses. Fill the garden or home with aromatic foliage in citrus, rose, mint, and fruit fragrances - just to name a few. Bold leaves in varying shapes, colors, and textures add interest to the planting display and floral arrangement. Explore how to plant, grow, and care for scented-leaved geraniums with horticulturist Katherine Rowe.

Close-up of Madame Ernest Calvat Roses blooming in a garden against a blurred green background. These hybrid tea roses produce large, double blooms with a high-centered form. The petals are a rich, velvety crimson hue, providing a striking contrast against the dark green foliage.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for ‘Madame Ernest Calvat’ Roses

‘Madame Ernest Calvat’ roses enchant the garden with old-fashioned pink blooms and a delicious old rose fragrance. A short climbing rose or graceful shrub, ‘Madame Ernest Calvat’ boasts the hardiness, disease resistance, and vigor of its Bourbon rose parentage. Explore the true beauty of this rose with garden expert Katherine Rowe.