Gardening Videos
These This Old House videos showcase all of our gardening projects, how-tos, and designs.
How to Choose and Plant Ground Cover
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares tips for selecting, planting and growing low-maintenance ground cover.
How to Keep a Lawn and Garden Beds Separate
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to establish borders around grassy areas using steel edging
How to Make a Concrete Planter
Grab some concrete-countertop mix and build plywood forms to create striking landscape ornaments.
DIY Privacy Planter Box With Privacy Screen
Use cedar and stock lumber to build a tall privacy planter box to spruce up and screen your backyard.
How to Edge a Garden Bed
Creating a fresh garden edge with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook.
How to Make DIY Plant Covers for Winter
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares tips and techniques for keeping plants and shrubs safe this winter with wooden plant protectors.
How to Choose and Plant Hydrangeas
Landscaping contractor Roger Cook discusses how to choose and plant hydrangeas
How to Plant a Bamboo Screen
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a pair of homeowners select and plant a privacy screen using bamboo plants.
How to Choose and Care for Succulents
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares tips for maintaining lush and lively succulent plants, such as cacti
How to Build a Raised Vegetable Garden
If you have a kid who loves helping out in the garden but you're always brushing the dirt off their knees, a raised bed may be the perfect addition to your landscape
How to Test Soil Using a Kit
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook discusses the benefits of testing soil.
How to Choose Houseplants
In this how-to video, learn to pick low-light houseplants with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
How to Mulch Plant Beds
In this how-to video, learn how to wake up a tired planting bed with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook.
How to Plant a Shaded Plant Bed
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook transforms a barren patch into a lush planting bed
How to Remove Ivy from a House
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook fights back an ivy invasion
How to Clear Poison Ivy
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook provides strategies for ridding your yard of this insidious invader.