Gardening Planning
Prepare for your next gardening project by discovering our planning ideas & tips.
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How to Create a Vertical Garden for Small Spaces
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada installs a vertical garden to maximize space for a homeowner
How to Plant Authentic Dutch Flower Bulbs
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner originally from Holland plant authentic Dutch bulbs
How to Choose the Right Fertilizer
Learn which fertilizer works best for what plants
Best Vegetable Garden Harvest Basket
A smart, new way to carry in the garden crops
How to Start an Organic Garden
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada shares some share DIY Smarts tips on starting an organic garden.
Big Container Plants for Small Yards
On a lot that has more hardscape than planting space, container gardening is one way to indulge your green thumb. In fact, you can grow seriously sizable plants in pots—even trees. Here are three surprisingly XL options that still work for XS footprints
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 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
Stakes Worthy of Your Best Peonies
This hefty support will keep your peonies from sagging
How to Grow Microgreens
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada learns how to grow and harvest microgreens.
10 Foolproof Native Plants for Prairie-Style Gardens
These tough, fuss-free perennials and grasses have adapted to North American climates and lend to the rustic prairie charm
Super Seeds Perfect for Your Region
We consulted the experts at the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program. Here's what you should be planting in your area
How to Grow Vegetables in the Desert
Creating a water-efficient waffle garden with Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
8 Exotic Plants That Take Up to a Decade—or More—to Bloom
Run-of-the mill garden plants bloom predictably, but these unusual species take years to produce flowers. Worth the wait? You decide...
Magical Ideas for Garden Ornaments
Here's how landscape designer Wesley Rouse creates showstopping moments in his home garden using a variety of decorative accents
Easy-Care, Low-Water Container Gardens
10 ideas for potted arrangements from Sunset's new Western Book of Easy-Care Plantings
Smart Design Ideas for Hellstrip Plantings
Check out these curbside designs for smart ways to use perennials, dwarf shrubs, and groundcovers
Four-Season Garden Star
A garden designer pairs easy-care shrubs and colorful containers for a home garden that wows year-round
The Incredible Edible Landscape
How a designer blends fruits, vegetables, and flowers to whip up a garden that's both beautiful and bountiful
Guilt-Free Container Roses
Disease-resistant varieties let you grow glorious roses in pots—without the chemicals
Tried-and-True Perennials for Your Garden
Unfussy and long-lived, perennials pump out beautiful foliage and flowers year after year
The Right Nutrients for a Knockout Garden
Plan the menu for your plants with these proportions
Tips for Getting the Most Out of Flower Bulbs
Plant now, enjoy later—our strategies will ensure a sensational show of tulips, daffodils, and other spring blooms
10 Gardening Myths Busted!
Learn the facts behind some common folk wisdom to better your odds of plant-growing success
Uncommon Container Gardens
Focus on foliage plants for sensational season-long displays
How To Choose And Plant Climbing Roses
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook and rosarian Felicity Keen show how to beautify a fence line with blooming rose bushes
How to Choose and Use Shovels and Other Digging Tools
Hole-digging advice with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
How to Create a Container Garden
Create and maintain a garden on a small scale, with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
How to Build a Wheelchair Accessible Raised Garden Bed
In this video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook builds a wheelchair accessible raised garden.
How to Start Plant and Vegetable Seeds
From tiny sprouts a glorious garden grows. Here's how to cultivate your own—from seed
Nutrient Boosters for Cool-Weather Gardening
Fill a cold frame with these vegetables for healthy ingredients perfect in fall dishes