Gardening How To & DIY

Use containers to create a glorious garden anywhere. Tips courtesy of TOH landscape contractor Roger Cook

Create a beautiful garden using plants that won't harm your local ecosystem. Follow this guide for how to avoid invasive plants plants.

On the way to swapping turf for cottage-style plantings, this self-taught gardener discovered a passion for her new pastime

A resourceful couple with a "more is more" philosophy and a talent for thrift carves a hardscrabble lot into a series of exuberantly romantic gardens

Learn our step-by-step technique to age terra-cotta pots, giving them a rustic, weathered charm that'll elevate your garden.

Give your greenery and healthy diet a boost by planting these healthy herbs in your garden

Colorful plantings, winding pathways, and plenty of green screens transform an urban lot that's exposed to passersby on three sides into a private oasis

Learn how to grow and care for coleus plants. We've rounded up tips and ideas for using these colorful, hardy plants in your garden.

Now's the time to sketch out your plan for beautiful results in the spring. Here's how to get started

Carry your home's cottage style through the garden with these flower options

Organize your garden gear with this fun and functional tool rack made from old wood molding, flea-market spring clips, and brightly colored outdoor spigot handles

A popular TV expert offers gardening tips and tricks based on a lifetime of digging, planting, caring for, and feeding his own garden.

This guide explains how to grow an edible flower garden with colorful blooms that can also be used in the kitchen.

Four deck posts and a few boards are all you need to create this practical and compact raised herb garden planter.

From daylilies to hydrangeas, here's our best pro advice to help you snip back and multiply your garden staples with confidence.

These leafy perennials are showy, shade tolerant, and a cinch to grow—and new varieties offer a wider-than-ever range of leaf color, size, and texture. Read this article to learn how to pick and plant them to create a sensational landscape.

Read our step-by-step guide on how to build a rain garden, an eco-friendly way to handle stormwater runoff while beautifying your yard.

Read our guide to learn how to make and use compost tea so that you can improve the look and health of your lawn.

A strategic mix of annuals and perennials yields a brilliant garden when the heat is really on

Read our DIY guide on how to create a stylish herb planter from an old wagon and bring fresh, homegrown herbs to your doorstep.

Hydrangeas are a vibrant flower that can add a pop of color to any garden. Read our top tips to keeping them healthy and thriving.

Looking to spruce up your lawn and create a gorgeous outdoor space? Here's what you need to know to get the job done right.

Uncover some smart strategies that will let you raise your own fruit and vegetable harvest in any size outdoor space.

Learn how to separate the root balls of vigorously growing perennial plants to get healthier flowers with more blooms.

These creative, reader-made plant tags leave those boring old plastic stakes you get at the nursery in the dust

Grow additional specimens from those you already have to fill out your garden beds or share with friends—for free.

For one novice gardener, a blank-slate backyard became a canvas for a series of color-packed flower beds built over time