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Meet 2025’s Reader Garden Award Winners: Sue & Bob Olson!

Rooted in heartfelt connections, this dedicated Minnesota couple has grown an award-winning garden that reflects their creativity and love of gardening.

Clever Pumpkin Tips for Fall From Our Readers

Check out 3 smart tips that will help prolong the life of your pumpkins and put them to use in your garden and fall decor.

Black Flowers & Plants for a Stunning Gothic Garden

Bring bold contrast to your gothic garden with black plants and flowers that add drama and timeless elegance in sun and shade.

Garden Travel 2025: Exploring Seville’s Architecture and Gardens

This tour retrospective begins with highlights from the colorful gardens, palaces and streets of Seville, Spain.

2025 Reader Garden Award Runner-Up: Becky Short

Find out why Becky's garden oasis was selected as one of our runners-up in the 2025 Reader Garden Award!

How to Design Stunning Plant Combinations Like a Pro

This garden expert shares her design tips for combining plants to create interest all season — plus a few examples from her own garden, complete with plant lists!

Curb Appeal Before & After: Multiseason Foundation Planting

Discover a stunning front garden transformation featuring interesting shrubs and perennials for head-turning curb appeal in a custom planter box. See the before and after, plus get a complete plant list!

English-Style Garden Filled with Vibrant Blooms

Take a fall tour with Lisa Graff of Lux Perennials Nursery through her Oregon garden, inspired by English design and filled with colorful late-season blooms.

Tour a Beautiful Low-Maintenance Garden with Clay Soil

Joyce Ludlow shares her experience designing a garden from scratch and making the most of her sloping yard with clay soil. Meet her favorite easy-care plants and why they’ve earned a spot in her garden!

Dynamic & Colorful Summer Flower Combinations

Discover these simple summer plant pairings that deliver vibrant blooms in your flower beds and borders all season.

2025 Garden Gate Reader Garden Award

Explore the impressive gardens of our runners-up and winner of the 2025 Reader Garden Award and learn how to submit your own garden for a chance to win next year’s award!

2025 Reader Garden Award Runner-Up: Lonna Engel

This stunning shade garden earned a spot as a 2025 Reader Garden Award runner-up — take a closer look at the Painted Leaf Hosta Garden.

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Simple Design + Unique Plants = Beautiful Front Yard Garden

Tour Susan Koelink’s front garden in British Columbia, where simple design and bold plants shine. Get inspired to boost your curb appeal with her creative ideas!

Garden Essentials: Products to Help Embrace Outdoor Living

Check out these product picks from our editors to help you upgrade your outdoor living space this season!

How to Create a Sensory Garden

Design a garden that appeals to all five senses with fragrant plants, vibrant colors and unique textures.

Tour A Garden Designer’s Yard Full of Drought-Tolerant Plants

Rebecca Sweet’s garden thrives during drought, thanks to resilient plants designed for California’s high heat and low water conditions.

Tour a Whimsical Southern Garden in Spring

Take a tour of this riverside garden to discover hidden seating areas, whimsical upcycled projects and plenty of spring blooms that are also deer resistant.