Landscape and Lawn
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Raised beds are easier to tend and produce bigger harvests. This buyer's guide will help you choose the best raised beds. -
Using bamboo for attractive and functional structures in your garden. -
How to build a healthy, thriving lawn without chemical fertilizers or pesticides. -
Perennials, trees and shrubs that thrive in wet or poorly drained soil. -
Choosing the trees, shrubs and perennials that birds like. -
Lawn has a bad reputation. It is thought to be difficult, time-consuming and "heavy-feeding." However, that is only true of lawns that have poor soil with little organic matter, worms or other soil life. -
It's easy to see why outdoor solar lighting is all the rage: no electricity required, no wiring. You can install it yourself. -
Learn how to build a "rain garden," a special type of planting that's designed to capture storm runoff in a creative, beautiful way. -
If you have an established perennial garden that's more than two or three years old, chances are good that you have some plants out there (probably quite a few) that need your attention. -
It's the most important season of the year for improving your soil. What should you be adding to your soil this fall? -
How to maximize the intensity and duration of products that glow in the dark. -
Extreme cold isn't the only challenge faced by woody plants; in fact, plants hardy to your region should endure normal winter temperatures just fine. However, winter can wreak havoc on landscape plants in other ways. -
This is the quickest, easiest system you'll find for defining an edge around your flower beds or garden. Simply pound each interlocking piece into the ground with a rubber mallet; in most soils there's no need for cutting, trenching or tearing up sod. -
Apply water just where you want it -- and not where you don't. With the Snip-n-Drip Soaker System you can easily create a customized watering drip system. -
Soil Regeneration: The Practice of Building Healthy Soil --> At Gardener's Supply, we believe that healthy soils are the foundation for healthy gardens, healthy people, and a healthy planet. To that end, we've been inspiring and educating gardeners about how to care for and improve their soil since our first day in business. -
Edging helps create a tidy landscape by creating distinct borders around each area and surface material. This buyer's guide will help you choose the best edging. -
Our team had the pleasure of helping our friend Kevin Espiritu, founder and personality behind Epic Gardening, transform his dreary backyard into a shady oasis. -
Wildflower meadows offer a very attractive alternative to traditional lawns and gardens. They only need mowing once or twice a year, and they don't require watering or fertilizing. -
Techniques for creating a garden that looks great all summer -- without a lot of maintenance. -
Well-chosen plants change the garden scene from bleak to beautiful. -
How to get your lilac to bloom profusely. -
For most of us, mosquitoes and other insect pests are mere annoyances, but sometimes they pose real threats. -
Pruning is a perfect chore for late-winter and early spring because most trees and shrubs are dormant. What's more, it's the time of year when there are few gardening tasks on your list. -
When dry weather continues for an extended period, landscape trees depend on homeowners for water. Learn when to water and how to do it. -
People often say weeds are good indicators of soil conditions. But what does that really mean, and what should gardeners do with the clues weeds provide? -
Vegetables and fruits have taken center stage in the American landscape -- at last. And why not? -
Lawn has long enjoyed its unique status as our country's default groundcover ? rolled out like wall-to-wall carpeting around every house. -
Edible flowers are a fun and easy way to add color and flavor to all sorts of dishes--especially when you can pick them right from your own garden. -
Learn how to turn your garden into a more compelling destination in the evening hours. -
How to care for live Christmas trees. -
Where there's a will, make a path. Our step-by-step guide to making your own garden path. -
Planting trees and shrubs too deep is the No. 1 reason that they die in landscapes. -
Protect your prized roses from cold temperatures and drying winds with these simple techniques. -
We often think of spring as the ideal time to plant, and in many cases it is. However, autumn provides a second — and sometimes better — opportunity to get trees, shrubs, and perennials in the ground. -
Finding the site, choosing plants and fish. -
How to build traditional Japanese garden structures with bamboo. -
How to plant and grow lilacs. -
Tips for making your backyard, porch, balcony or patio a little more private. -
Solar-powered lights are an increasingly popular choice for garden and landscape lighting. They are affordable, easy to install and can be relocated easily. -
If there's anything more enjoyable than spending time in my garden, it's spending time visiting someone else's. -
Photo: F.D. Richards Cultural Information The Grove Compactus Burning Bush ( Euonymus alatus ) is a deciduous shrub, hardy in zones 4 though 8. -
Photos from Felder Rushing, author of "Bottle Trees and the Whimsical Art of Garden Glass." -
Gardening gets more difficult as we age. However, by using the right tools and techniques, gardening remains in reach at any age. -
Learn how to turn fall leaves into a soil-enriching mulch. -
Tired of spending time every weekend with a noisy lawn mower? Heres an alternative: slow-growing turf. -
Upgrading your front yard to a vegetable garden is sure to raise a few eyebrows, but if you do it right, you'll impress the skeptics. -
It's impossible to overestimate the importance of pollinators — to plants, animals, people, ecosystems — to the survival of the planet as we know it. Many pollinators are small insects, easily overlooked in our day-to-day lives. -
Learn about some of the members of our gardening community, including Gardener's Supply employee-owners, customers, and garden testers. -
How to grow fruits and berries in your own backyard. -
With some thoughtful plant selection and placement, you can reduce the amount of lawn that you maintain by at least 25 percent, and enjoy a lower maintenance yard that still looks neat and well cared for. -
Fertilize every time you mow the lawn. -
Techniques for water plants grown in tubs or pools. -
How to make the most of one of nature's free soil builders. -
Learn how to create a vegetable garden that showcases the plants and invites exploration. -
Learn when and how to prune for abundant blooms. -
Learn how gardeners can help keep invasive plants from spreading and damaging our wetlands and forests. -
All gardeners want to be green -- except when it comes to water. Whether you have a fountain, pond or a small reflecting pool, chances are good that at some point you'll have to deal with nuisance algae. -
Water is the key to a healthy, productive garden. Our Snip-n-Drip automatic watering system takes water directly to the plants, without wasting a single drop. -
Smart gardener gives deer their own clover meadow.