Gardening
How To Grow Your Own Spring Greens
Turn over a new leaf with fast-growing and cold-hardy spring greens. We’ve got tips to get you growing and recipes to inspire.
Stakes Worthy of Your Best Peonies
Hefty support will keep your peonies from sagging and enhance their beauty. This article explores methods for staking peonies.
Planting an Orchard Out Back
Planting fruit trees is a centuries-old way to boost your household harvest—one that will enhance a landscape for years to come.
How to Grow Microgreens
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada explains how to grow and harvest microgreens.
A Nantucket Cottage Garden Finds its Sweet Spot
Compact yet overflowing with blooms, this perennial garden gives its owners a spectacular show all summer long
Lush Life in a California Garden
An artful mix of curved terraces, vibrant flowers, and luxuriant succulents transforms a challenging backyard
What Is It? | Red Plastic Ball
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares some fruit with the guys, sort of
How To Start Plants from Seed to Spruce up Your Home
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook discusses foolproof tips and techniques for starting plants from seeds.
How To Build a High-Tunnel Greenhouse for Your Plants
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner build a simple, affordable backyard greenhouse.
10 Foolproof Native Plants for Prairie-Style Gardens
These tough, fuss-free perennials and grasses have adapted to North American climates and can lend a rustic prairie charm.
10 Best Summer Blooming Bulbs
We walk you through 10 of the perfect summer bulbs to plant for a garden full of vibrant flowers, even in the hottest climates.
How To Grow Culinary Herbs
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook gets a lesson from horticulturist Carrie Kelly on cultivating an herb garden.
How to Plant a Garden for Birds and Pollinators
Jenn Nawada, landscape designer for Ask This Old House, helps a homeowner turn her front yard into a garden that will attract birds and pollinators in Washington, D.C.
Caring for Summer-Blooming Bulbs
Bulbs are pretty easygoing, but here you'll learn tips to help maximize blooms and increase odds that they'll naturalize into more plants.
How To Make a Stair Riser Plant Stand
In this guide, we show you how you can create a multilevel container garden that will pop on your front porch.
Plant Peas for St. Patrick's Day
A well-timed American tradition
How to Grow Vegetables in the Desert
Creating a water-efficient waffle garden with Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
Early-Spring Pruning Primer: A Guide to Seasonal Foliage
Read how to prune plants, flowers and other specimens in the late winter or early spring for healthy thicker foliage later on.
Several Creative Ways To Reuse an Old Garden Hose Reel
You don't have to throw away your old garden hose reel once you're done with it. Read how you can turn it into an organizer or storage container in our guide.
How To Plant a Chile-Pepper Garden
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner build and plant a raised-bed chile pepper garden.
How To Create Succulent Art
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada explains how to create a piece of artwork out of succulent plants.
What Is It? | Yellow Square on a Shaft
The Ask This Old House guys ask "What Is It?" as they check out a tool that has a metal shaft, a yellow handle, and a black panel on the top
How to Grow a Thriving Garden From Kitchen Scraps
Before throwing these fruits, veggies, and herbs in the compost bin, try giving them a new life in an indoor garden.
Ask Roger: How to Prune Shrubs
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows the right way to prune shrubs
How to Select Houseplants for Your Home
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook learns how to select houseplants for different situations from expert Carrie Kelly
How To Grow and Care for Orchids
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook visits a tropical botanic garden to learn how to care for orchids as houseplants.
How To Plant a Pollinator Garden
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook heads to Texas to plant a garden that attracts butterflies and other pollinators.
How To Temporarily Transplant a Rose
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook relocates a mature rose bush to keep it safe while exterior construction work takes place.
How to Use a Compost Bin
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada gets a lesson on the best ways to compost organic materials at home.
How to Install a Raised Vegetable Garden with Arbors
This Old House landscaping contractors Roger Cook and Jenn Nawada help an elementary school build and plant a raised-bed vegetable garden.
Everything You Need to Know to Mulch a Garden Bed
In this guide, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook provides instructions on how to properly mulch garden beds.
What Is It | Clear Plastic Bin with Cups
Landscape contractor Roger Cook asks plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, host Kevin O'Connor, and general contractor Tom Silva to guess what this clear plastic bin with cups might be