Gardening How To & DIY
Improve the value of your home by discovering our gardening step-by-step tips & ideas.
All About Garden Sheds
Whether you have small or large garden shed plans, we offer an all-encompassing guide on your installing, building, and purchasing options, as well as designing and custom accenting your cozy workspace.
How to Fight Aphids Naturally
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook explains how to tend to plants that are infested with aphids
How to Treat Disease with Citrus Trees
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner treat a citrus tree that’s been affected by citrus greening
How to Care for Orchids
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook teaches the five basics of caring for orchids.
Create a Vintage Wheelbarrow Planter
Turns out you can reinvent the wheel—in a charming herb planter
How to Grow Tropical Plants Indoors
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook teaches a homeowner to get a tropical feel from indoor house plants
How to Plant a Rain Garden
Learn the purpose behind a rain garden, its basic design, how to build one and which plants to choose.
How to Plant a Tropical Raised Garden
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook plants organic raised beds and fruit trees that will grow well in Hawaii.
How To Make a Cedar Planter Box
Tom Silva and Kevin O’Connor work together to build a freestanding DIY cedar planter box that will dress up any patio or deck.
How to Grow Your Own Spring Greens
Turn over a new leaf and plant these versatile alternatives to plain old lettuce. We’ve got tips to get you growing—and recipes to inspire
How to Grow Microgreens
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada learns how to grow and harvest microgreens.
How to Plant a Home Orchard
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook creates a home orchard with pear and apple trees
How to Start Plants from Seed
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook discusses foolproof tips and techniques for starting plants from seeds
How to Build a High-Tunnel Greenhouse
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner build a simple, affordable backyard greenhouse
How to Choose Tools for First Time Gardeners
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada shows off some of her favorite tools to help out first-time gardeners
How to Grow Culinary Herbs
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook gets a lesson from horticulturist Carrie Kelly on growing herbs you can eat
How to Grow Potatoes
Landscape contractor Roger Cook travels to an Idaho farm to learn about the process of growing potatoes
How to Plant a Garden for Birds and Pollinators
Jenn Nawada, landscape designer for Ask This Old House, helps a homeowner turn her front yard into a garden that will attract birds and pollinators in Washington, D.C.
Care of Summer-Blooming Bulbs
Bulbs are pretty easygoing, but with these tips you can help maximize blooms and increase the odds that they'll naturalize into more plants
How to Grow Vegetables in the Desert
Creating a water-efficient waffle garden with Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
How to Prune in Early Spring
Prune these specimens in the late winter or early spring for thicker foliage later on.
How to Build a PVC Planter with a Cast-Iron Look
A DIY planter cast in plastic gets the look of a detailed cast-iron piece as part of our #DIYDARE challenge
How to Reuse a Garden Hose Reel
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O'Connor show other uses for an old hose reel
How to Plant Using Large Containers
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook discusses the beauty and benefits of large-container planting
How to Plant a Chile-Pepper Garden
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner build and plant a raised-bed chile-pepper garden
How to Create Succulent Art
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada explains how to create a piece of artwork out of succulent plants
Grow a Garden From Kitchen Scraps
Don't throw these eight fruits and veggies in the compost bin. Give them a new life in an indoor garden
How to Select Houseplants for Your Home
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook learns how to select houseplants for different situations from expert Carrie Kelly
How to Maintain Overgrown Perennials
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner maintain an overgrown perennial garden.
How to Grow and Care for Orchids
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook visits a tropical botanic garden to learn how to care for orchids as houseplants
How to Plant a Pollinator Garden
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook heads to Texas to plant a garden that attracts butterflies and other pollinators
How to Temporarily Transplant a Rose
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook relocates a mature rose bush to keep it safe while exterior construction work takes place