Gardening Videos
These This Old House videos showcase all of our gardening projects, how-tos, and designs.
How to Plant Hardier Foundation Plantings
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada helps a homeowner replace and improve foundation plantings that have been crushed by snow piles
How To Choose and Use Pruners
Discover tips for choosing and using pruners, including the best types for your garden needs and how to apply precision in your pruning tasks.
How to Plan for Spring Bulbs
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook and landscape designer Jenn Nawada share some tips for planting spring bulbs
How To Create a Vertical Garden for Small Spaces
Watch as Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada installs a vertical garden to maximize space for a homeowner.
How To Create a Secret Garden
Watch Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada clean up an overgrown yard and redesign it as a secret garden.
How To Create Bonsai from Regular Trees
Watch as Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook learns about the ancient art of creating a bonsai from a regular tree.
How to Plant Authentic Dutch Flower Bulbs
Watch as This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner originally from Holland plant authentic Dutch bulbs.
How To Choose the Right Synthetic or Organic Fertilizer
Choosing the right fertilizer can be overwhelming, and we can help you narrow dow your choices. Read our guide on how to choose the right synthetic or organic fertilizer.
How to Plant Edible Foundation Plants
A homeowner selects foundation plantings that include edible varieties for both people and wildlife.
How to Remove Overgrown Foundation Shrubs
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner remove foundation shrubs that have overtaken the front of her house
How to Install a Self-Watering Garden
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows a homeowner in Orlando how to plant a low-maintenance vegetable garden using hydroponics.
How To Replace a Lawn With Shade Perennials
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook offers alternatives to grass in a shady spot, including perennials, ferns, and more.
How To Start and Maintain an Organic Garden at Your Home
This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada shares some excellent DIY tips on starting and maintaining an organic garden.
How to Turn a Feeding Trough Into a Planter
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada travels to Tennessee to build a planter out of an animal feeding trough
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 in 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 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 Tropical Raised Garden
Ask This Old House expert Roger Cook plants an organic tropical garden in raised beds—and fruit trees that will grow well in Hawaii.
How to Build a Cedar Planter Box
A freestanding DIY cedar planter box will dress up any patio or deck. Learn how to build one from This Old House's Tom Silva.
How to Grow Microgreens
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada learns how to grow and harvest microgreens.
How To Start Plants from Seed to Spruce up Your Home
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 for Your Plants
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner build a simple, affordable backyard greenhouse.
How To Grow Culinary Herbs
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook gets a lesson from horticulturist Carrie Kelly on cultivating an herb garden.
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.
How to Grow Vegetables in the Desert
Creating a water-efficient waffle garden with Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
Several Creative Ways To Reuse an Old Garden Hose Reel
You don't have to throw away your old garden hose reel once you're done with it. Read how you can turn it into an organizer or storage container in our guide.
How To Plant a Chile-Pepper Garden
Ask 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.
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 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.