Gardening Ideas & Inspiration

A homeowner with a magpie’s eye and a restless imagination turns his garden into a space brimming with ideas

Hefty support will keep your peonies from sagging and enhance their beauty. This article explores methods for staking peonies.

Compact yet overflowing with blooms, this perennial garden gives its owners a spectacular show all summer long

These tough, fuss-free perennials and grasses have adapted to North American climates and can lend a rustic prairie charm.

We walk you through 10 of the perfect summer bulbs to plant for a garden full of vibrant flowers, even in the hottest climates.

Before throwing these fruits, veggies, and herbs in the compost bin, try giving them a new life in an indoor garden.

Run-of-the mill garden plants bloom predictably, but these unusual species take years to produce flowers. Worth the wait? You decide...

Learn about standout new varieties of old favorites you can put in the ground and enjoy now, and for many seasons to come.

Updated versions of summer's favorite shrub offer an expanded range of colors—and blooms that add interest through fall

10 ideas for potted arrangements from Sunset's new Western Book of Easy-Care Plantings

This husband-and-wife team delivers colorful produce to local families just a few hours after they pluck it from the earth—and they're proving that small family farms can succeed by simply feeding the neighborhood

Learn how local libraries are getting in on the heirloom action, offering cardholders packets of seeds to grow, harvest, and return.

Transform a patch of green into an outdoor destination with these fresh upgrades

Here are our picks for resilient plants you can use to create a stunning and practical landscape between sidewalks and streets.

A garden designer pairs easy-care shrubs and colorful containers for a home garden that wows year-round

Solve your yard problems with these nontoxic solutions—straight from your pantry

Check out these tried and true perennials for your garden to have them bring beautiful foliage and flowers year after year.

Show off your national pride with these favorites

Focus on foliage plants for sensational season-long displays

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

In a showstopping array of colors, sizes, and shapes, dahlias can play a leading role in your garden's end of season show.

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

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

Whether you’re looking for the best low maintenance or fastest growing groundcover for your lawn, these plants offer solutions to barren spots and spaces.

In this article, we'll explore 18 easy and impactful ways to transform your garden into an eclectic, purposeful, one-of-a-kind space.

Plantings that ring the base of your home should do more than just conceal the foundation. Read our foolproof planting tips.

In our guide, we'll explain how you can create a rain garden to protect your waterways and the environment.

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

When a local community garden lost one of its two plots, TOH reader Angela Baker stepped in, converting her family's yard into 31 fruit and vegetable beds for everyone to share