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Pumpkins & Gourds

Tyler Swafford’s enthusiasm for raising pumpkins and gourds is contagious. The lifelong farmer, himself the descendent of a lifelong farmer, makes his home on Dayton Mountain overlooking Tennessee’s Sequatchie Valley.

GET IT GROWING

Five ways to create or expand a vegetable garden

LESSONS FROM THE PAST

More than a century ago, Nature Study advocates sought to connect schoolchildren with the science of landscapes and gardens

LET'S SPLIT IT

THE INS AND OUTS OF PROPAGATION BY DIVISION

WINTER READING

Recent releases that excite the gardener’s mind

an armistice with Orange

ONE DESIGNER'S TRUCE WITH AN AGE-OLD NEMESIS

GARDENS OF Quebec

TWO STORIED JARDINS WARRANT A JOURNEY NORTH FROM THE CAPITAL CITY

Interior Divine

GOT THE WINTER BLUES? HERE'S HOW TO GET HAPPY WITH SOME NEW HOUSEPLANTS

NEW PLANTS - Fragrant selections

EACH YEAR, plant brands release exciting new cultivars to market, the results of years of breeding, selecting, trialing and propagating. New plants are bred to enhance traits that make them stand out against comparable cultivars-and in your garden.

RHODIOLA ROSEA

This widespread succulent boasts a long history of helpfulness

A Little TLC

I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE to grow hardy cyclamen. I have several educated guesses, which I define as guesses forged in failure, as to why.

HORTPOURRI

Another batch of Greg’s hardwon tips, and a further update on that frozen Fuyu persimmon tree

BRIE ARTHUR

Evolution of a plant lady

6 Pro Garden Design Secrets

Starting a garden can feel overwhelming. And sometimes it’s hard to know if you’ll like something until you’ve seen it. By then, you’ve spent enough hours, hard work and money that it’s tough to make a change.

2024's Best New Plants!

Instead of ringing in the new year with champagne and balloons, why not treat yourself to a few new plants that you can enjoy through the growing season? There are a lot of interesting introductions to get excited about this year.

Bee Balm

Butterflies and pollinating insects can't resist this bold summer perennial.

Dreaming of Summer

Unless you are lucky enough to live where it’s warm year round, when winter starts to drag on, it may feel as if the garden is awash in dreary, monochromatic browns and grays. Time to close your eyes and dream of summer—a colorful season when foliage is vibrant, fl owers are blooming and pollinators are active. If you need a bit of summer inspiration, here are three colorful low-maintenance combos that will also attract wildlife. Who wouldn’t dream of that?

Reader Tips

GREAT IDEAS FROM SMART GARDENERS

5 Ways to Stake Tomatoes

While it might feel early to be thinking about tomatoes, it’s never too early to start planning your next garden, especially if your tomato plants tend to look wild and overgrown by the time you remember to offer them a cage for support.

Destination Gardens

Don’t miss out on these four botanical treasures!

Native Bees Find Winter Shelter in Surprising Places

As the buzz of busy bees gave way to the rustle of fallen leaves in my autumn garden, the last of the bumblebee stragglers hit up fading mountain mint blooms. Day by day, fewer sparkly green sweat bees and dwarf carpenter bees nectared on the asters, eventually vanishing along with the fluffy field thistle seeds.

Birds & The Bees (and Bunnies)

Although I wouldn’t call my raised garden beds romantic, the rabbits in my neighborhood sure like to use them in spring for their bunny rendezvous and subsequent nests.

WINNING PLANTS

American Garden Rose Selections

SIZABLE OPTIONS

SHOULD YOU STICK TO PURCHASING PERENNIALS IN CONTAINERS OR SEEK OUT TRAYS OF PLUGS? HERE, THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH

A SMALL WORLD

On his quarter-acre property, one gardener has encountered hundreds of insect species by taking the time to look

THE WINTER WALKTHROUGH

WHEN THE GROWING SEASON SLOWS, TAKE TIME TO PLAN STRUCTURAL CHANGES GUIDED BY ONE SIMPLE PRINCIPLE

POP GOES THE GARDEN

Here's why and how to embrace some plants that self-sow

A LOOK BACK

Greg Coppa shares lessons learned in his 2023 garden

LENDING COMFORT

Borrow three principles of therapeutic garden design to bolster the enjoyment of your own garden

JOHN GRIMSHAW

A view from across the pond