September has its share of silly holidays, such as International Talk Like a Pirate Day and National Butterscotch Pudding Day. While I love pudding, arrr, I think it might be a better idea to ...

One person’s trash is another’s treasure! Consider transforming a junkyard or estate sale piano into a repurposed garden ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Also known as pot ...

Ground covers — low-growing plants that mat, sprawl, trail, or clump on the ground — play a valuable role in the landscape.

If you have fruit trees in your yard, you may already know that they are susceptible to certain issues, including pests.

Autumn is the perfect time to clean up flower beds, remove dead plants, and get everything ready for the months ahead.

Sara Coleridge, daughter of Samuel Coleridge the poet, wrote verses for children during the mid-1800s and amongst her ditties about gardens and flowers that bloom each month, she is perhaps most ...

As temperatures become favorable for annuals and perennials to be planted in beds, the soil is also right for weed seeds to germinate. Take heart; you do have some options. If you are just beginning a ...

It has been a brutal summer. Extreme heat and drought dominated our weather in July and August, and we've never before seen so many summer days with temperatures over 100 degrees. Things are improving ...