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 a bit of your garden’s beauty indoors for all to enjoy. Fresh cut flowers right from the garden make everyday a special occasion.

Mother’s Day and flowers go hand-in-hand and this is especially true of the carnation.

Celebrate World Hyacinth Day on March 7th and throughout the spring by enjoying the fragrant blooms of this popular spring flowering bulb.

Black is the classic color of wardrobes and may soon be a classic in your landscape.

Start this year’s garden pest control with a stroll through the landscape.

Bring a bit of the desert, tropics or evergreen forest to your backyard. Container plantings allow you to push the limits of your growing environment.

Keep the flavor of your garden alive all year long. Pick and dry herbs for winter meals and holiday gifts.

Enjoy the beauty and fragrance of roses without all the work. Many of us have switched to hardier more pest resistant shrub roses for just this reason. But now, thanks to the Earth-Kind rose designation, growing roses will be easier for all.

Leafless crabapple trees are a common sight in summers following a cool wet spring. Start now to eliminate the problem next season.

Keep your peonies looking good and healthy with a bit of grooming.

Pluck a few flower petals and add flavor and color to your favorite salad, beverage, jam, jelly or meal.

A beautiful landscape can feed your body as well as your mind and spirit, when you include some edible ornamental plants.

Flopping perennials can ruin the beauty and enjoyment of your garden. Take note and prevent future problems with a bit of proactive care.

June 12th is National Get Outdoors Day. So gather the family and head out to the garden.

Don’t let a lack of space keep you from growing trees in your landscape. Consider planting columnar trees in containers and narrow spaces.

Add a little zip to your garden and meals by planting herbs.

Celebrate the Fourth of July with a little red, white and blue in the garden.

Tight budgets or just a sense of wonder may have you looking for annuals that readily reseed in the garden.

Stop and take a moment to sit, relax, and enjoy your garden. And while you do so, look for new areas to create more such spaces.

Add a bit of color and fragrance to your entryway with a spring container garden.

Add a bit of greenery to your front steps, window box or patio with a winter container.