Woodland edge garden ideas with native plants to attract pollinators, birds, and create a low-maintenance, layered landscape.

Learn how to identify early spring natives as they emerge, supporting pollinators and planning a healthy, thriving seasonal garden.

Kickstart your garden with this early spring checklist: prune, divide perennials, prepare soil, start seeds indoors, and maintain tools for a vibrant season.

Plant early blooming native perennials to support pollinators, add color, and create a thriving spring garden filled with nectar and beauty.

Learn cold soil vegetable planting for early spring crops like peas, spinach, radishes, lettuce, carrots, beets, kale, and chard to get a head start.

When a bird’s natural plant food has waned or withered away in late winter, a few well-placed feeders can entice a feathered friend to stay nearby. There are four basic types of feeders, but the type of feeder and food it’s filled with will determine which birds will visit. Which do you want in your […]

Have you wondered why some of your plants die in the winter, even when you provide winter protection? Many plants die during winter because they dry out, or desiccate. As temperatures drop, the ground freezes and plant roots cannot take water from the soil. This causes the plant to use stored water from the leaves and stems as part of the transpiration process, during which water exits the plant through the leaves.

Back in the early ages of gardening, someone realized covering a plant could protect it from frost and wind chill, preserving blooms and protecting foliage from the ravages of ice crystals and dropping temperatures.

Gardeners love the Eastern redbud tree. Native to North America, these hardy, slow-growing, small trees richly deserve their places front and center in the landscape.

Winter provides us the opportunity to examine our landscape silhouette, the flowing lines and overall shape of our landscape design. Combining varying heights, shapes and forms not only increases winter interest, but it also provides the framework for summer leaves, flowers and colors. So, how’s your garden’s silhouette shaping up?