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Talk & Tour: Designing a Low-Maintenance Garden for 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

Check out our runners-up for 2025 and learn how to submit your garden for 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!

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.

Garden Edging Techniques: Tips from the Pros

A well-defined garden bed is the key to a polished look and fewer weeds. Here’s how 4 garden designers recommend getting it right!

Romantic Pastel Spring Garden Ideas

These pastel plant combinations lend a delicate feeling as your garden springs to life after winter.

How to Create a Rain Garden

Rain gardens filter rainwater and beautify your yard, find out the basics of building one here!

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Drought-Tolerant Garden Planting Ideas

Looking for drought-tolerant plants? Try these plant combinations that thrive when water is scarce.

Solve Garden Problems with Ground Cover Plants

Kathy Jentz shares her tips for using ground cover plants to solve common garden challenges including shady spots, slopes and even in clay soil.

Add These Gardening Books to Your Winter Reading List!

The off-season is perfect for exploring the best gardening books. These reads offer inspiration and ideas to enhance your garden year-round, from design tips to birdhouses.

Fall Garden Tour: Step Inside an Ohio Couple’s DIY Garden

Discover lots of plant and DIY project tips and get plenty of inspiration from this Ohio couple who's been gardening for nearly 50 years.

Create Multiseason Beauty with Perennials & Flowering Trees

Explore this award-winning garden, featuring colorful perennials, flowering trees, a stunning dahlia patch and natural stone edging. Join us for an inspiring tour of the landscape!