The National Garden Bureau declared 2013 Year of Wildflower. Celebrate by including a few wildflowers in your garden.

Dress up your landscape with a decorative suet feeder and the colorful birds that are sure to visit.

Add beauty and a bit of fragrance to the shady spots in your landscape with Prince Charming Solomon’s seal.

Take a walk through your landscape and evaluate your plants for their year round beauty and habitat for the birds. The second week in February is “National Homes for the Birds” week and a great time to look for ways to provide food, shelter and water for our feathered friends.

Add a bit of color and form to your summer garden with Allium ‘Summer Beauty’. This flowering onion puts on its show during the heat of the mid-summer after most alliums have finished blooming.

Join forces with nature and keep garden pests under control this season.

Add a little extra color, motion and interest to your landscape by attracting birds and butterflies to the garden. Make sure your yard provides all the essentials - food, water, shelter and a place to raise young. And be sure to avoid the use of pesticides that can harm the wildlife you are trying to attract.

Bring in the hummingbirds and brighten your landscape with colorful plants.

Plants are the easiest way to bring birds into your landscape, but you may want to increase the number and diversity of winged visitors by supplementing with a few feeders.

One of the last flowers of fall, the goldenrod, adds color to landscapes across North America.

Invite the birds into your landscape for added color, motion, and interest while creating a focal point in one of your gardens. Plant a green roof birdfeeder.

Parsley is not just a garnish for your meals. This Vitamin rich herb is a great addition to your garden and recipes.

Growing your own grapes for jam, jelly, and of course wine can be fun. Get the most flavor and productivity with proper harvesting and a bit of bird protection.

Change your garden perspective. Include a few tall plants in the landscape and start looking skyward.

Trumpet vines are a favorite plant for attracting hummingbirds to the garden. But lots of leaves and no flowers are a common problem for gardeners. Don’t give up; you can get this vine blooming for you and the hummingbirds to enjoy.

Whether you garden with your own children or those of family and friends consider making a portion of your landscape kid friendly.

Get the most from every square inch of your landscape by including long blooming perennials.

Procrastination is a good thing when it comes to cleaning up your landscape in fall.

Don’t drag that Christmas tree to the curb. Give it a second life in your landscape.

Cut trees make great windbreaks in the landscape. Strategically place discarded Christmas trees on the windward side of rhododendron, boxwood and other broadleaf evergreens to reduce problems with winter burn.

Birds can add color and motion to your landscape year round. Planting shrubs that provide food and shelter is an easy and affordable way to bring birds into your backyard.

You can stop the neighbor’s cat from wandering into your garden to harass the songbirds and use your garden for a litter box.