Add beauty and curb appeal to your front yard with a sidewalk garden. Check out our tips for even the smallest of spaces.
While we’ve paid plenty of attention to in our backyard’s design, with new plantings and furnishings, we’ve done very little with our front yard. It’s in need of a makeover, and we’ve decided that this is the year we will tackle it. Our home is a 1964-Streng, a mid-century modern home that resembles the Eichlers […]
Lady’s Mantle, Alchemilla mollis: "Gentle Alchemy" Alchemilla mollis is ubiquitous in English cottage gardens for good reason. Lady's mantle is an unfussy,
There’s no better way to make your house a home than improving the land that surrounds it. Having nothing but a flat patch of grass or dirt is rather wasteful considering you paid for that land, so make the most of it. A yard would naturally be the first choice for most homeowners, and for good reason.
Have a shady spot in your yard? You will love these stunning and inspiring shade gardens and find some fantastic plant suggestions for shady spaces.
With thousands of plants and counting, this Iowa gardener shares what she has learned about caring for the most romantic of flowers.
Unfussy and long-lived, perennials pump out beautiful foliage and flowers year after year
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Plan your dream garden with these backyard landscaping & garden design ideas. She sheds, greenhouse, sketch and landscape planning
Who's with me on converting ordinary backyard into a romantic garden of your dreams? In this post I'm sharing my favorite backyard garden design and ideas that are just too beautiful to pass on. A
Front yard gardens are rare. While most homeowners opt for the traditional lawn and a few shrubs and trees, this homeowner let it all hang out!
Here's a little inspiration to transform your outdoor space (or even just get started gardening).
A shot of color can deliver a vibrant lift to your garden whether it's delivered via plants and flowers or some imaginative paint.
Gardener and designer Tim Pilgrim has transformed a once flat block of land into a magical garden that blooms and evolves with the seasons.
Whilst our main aim shouldn’t always be to make our neighbours jealous, there is a great feeling that comes with knowing that your neighbours are a little bit envious of just how gorgeous your garden looks.
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Today's photos are from Sally Barker in Baltimore, Maryland. We've visited Sally's garden twice before (HERE and HERE), but this is our first look at her garden in fall. Sally says, "Here are some...
Prettiest grassless backyards that portray their charm by using pretty and lush plants. No need to plant grass for a beautiful yard!
Whether you use it to fill a yard or define a garden path, you'll love this low-maintenance look.
A sloped Yardzen yard transformed by a retaining wall and smart landscape design decisions Sloped terrain provides some of the most dramatic features in a landscape. Think of towering trees, distant views, and rhythmic planting drawing your eye uphill. Design can complement this drama: paths vanishing and reappearing, terraces slicing through... Read more »
Panting roses in a mixed border is one of the easiest ways of enjoying roses in your garden. Combine shrub roses, other shrubs, perennials and annuals to create a tapestry of different colours and textures - find inspiration in our image gallery and tips and tricks for planning a rose border.
Alliums are a long-blooming perennial that are rich in color and height. Learn how to grow alliums in your garden so you can enjoy its blooms all Spring!
Mexican feather grass looks like a hazy smudge of golden color in the distance, and who wouldn't want that as a backdrop in the garden? Like other grasses
Create a bold, dramatic landscape with these tips for designing with colorful flowers and foliage.
I have to admit, I’m a little bit giddy about our garden this year. You see, this is the romantic English garden I dreamed of three years ago, when we moved into this house. And trust me when I tell you, it seemed like a BIG dream considering where we started. It’s actually not...
Give your garden some elegant outlines. Use these garden edging ideas to lend character, definition, and texture to your landscaping beds.
Embrace the beauty of autumn blooms. These incredibly inspiring fall flower gardens have us falling in love with nature all over again! 🍁🌼
Great artists steal – and so do great gardeners. Recreate these stunning features from famous gardens in your own
Go ahead and explore these lush labyrinths.
Garden design is a matter of working with a space and creating a balance of flow and drama. Here are examples of a variety of garden styles that work.
Panting roses in a mixed border is one of the easiest ways of enjoying roses in your garden. Combine shrub roses, other shrubs, perennials and annuals to create a tapestry of different colours and textures - find inspiration in our image gallery and tips and tricks for planning a rose border.
So you want to have a beautiful yard filled with plants that will add character, but you have no sun because your entire yard is covered with trees? Do you have a back covered patio that’s in need of some refreshing and updating? Well, we at Garden Valley Farmers Market, have got you covered with o
A traditional shingled saltbox with a heavy arbor and flowering honeysuckle shadowing the front door looks right at home on Cape Cod. The problem? This hou
Celebrate the Gallic flair for bloom-filled spaces.
April is one of my favorite months of the year. It is the month when gardens come alive. This is our first April at Patina Farm, and I wanted to share our gardens with you. Let's take a walk around Patina Farm... Our front pedestrian gate is shaded by this...
Add beauty and curb appeal to your front yard with a sidewalk garden. Check out our tips for even the smallest of spaces.
Lady’s Mantle, Alchemilla mollis: "Gentle Alchemy" Alchemilla mollis is ubiquitous in English cottage gardens for good reason. Lady's mantle is an unfussy,
