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How Do You Create a Container Garden? Start Here.

From the choice and arrangement of your pots to how you think about what goes in them, one garden designer has some advice for you.

Why the Pineapple Lily Makes Such a Big Impression

And no, it’s not because it stinks like rotten meat. (Just for the record, they don’t all have a rancid smell.)

Why It’s Better to Grow Wild Plants Like Ramps Than to Forage for Them

This spring, don’t forage for wild edible plants. Instead, welcome them into your garden.

Is It a Melon or a Cucumber? It’s a Cucumber Melon, and It’s Delicious

These heirloom cucumber varieties, some of which date to ancient Egypt, ‘are never bitter, and always easy on the digestion.’

Is a ‘No Dig’ Method the Answer to Vegetable Gardening?

Charles Dowding, a longtime proponent, insists that it’s not only easier than what you’re doing now, but it actually works. Here’s how.

These Tropical Plants Are Visually Appealing and Edible

Some of the most visually appealing ones are also delicious. Here’s how to choose — and grow — the best ones.

How to Choose a Houseplant for Your Home

Rule No. 1: “You don’t have to just have a plain-Jane green plant.” But here’s what you do have to do — to find the...

Meet Ira Wallace, the Godmother of Southern Seeds

For a quarter of a century, Ira Wallace has nurtured seeds and gardeners: ‘When you say her name in our community, all this love comes...

It’s OK to Get Carried Away When You’re Shopping for Flower Seeds

Here’s how to make sure those impulse catalog purchases result in happy surprises — not buyer’s remorse.

After a Frantic Year, It’s Time for ‘Slow Birding’

A new book borrows from the slow food movement to propose a more thoughtful, less competitive form of bird-watching.