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Tour a Low-Maintenance Garden with Clay Soil in the Midwest

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!

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!

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.

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!

Dog-Friendly Garden with Rustic Charm

Meander through the paths of Bonnie Duma's beautiful — and dog-friendly! — garden filled with upcycled treasures.

Urban Garden Retreat

Follow this gardener's journey to cultivate a neglected yard into a joyful (and award-winning!) urban garden retreat in Maryland.

Secrets to Designing Colorful Flower Borders

Learn how Heather Thomas of Cape Cottage Garden keeps her flower borders colorful from spring through fall with her 4 "C's" for success!

Must-See Public Gardens in the U.S.

Whether they're around the corner or across the country, public gardens are worth the trip!

Visit Sarah P. Duke Gardens

Stroll through the Sarah P. Duke Gardens to discover colorful seasonal plantings, a prairie garden and fruits and vegetables that grow well in the South.

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Plan a Visit to Longwood Gardens

Discover amazing flower borders, an inspiring conservatory, attend a fountain show or take a quiet walk in the woods at Longwood Gardens.

Idaho Botanical Garden

If gardening in a dry climate is your challenge, the Idaho Botanical Garden has lots of solutions!

Visit The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden!

Don't miss out on the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden's colorful borders, beautiful roses, out-of-the-ordinary conifers and so much more!

A Love Affair with Texture, Stone and Water | Talk & Tour

Moving to a new home with no garden, dry rocky soil and huge stone outcroppings was just the challenge this gardener was up for.

Meet Our 2023 Reader Garden Award Winners!

These award-winning gardeners combine science with artistry to create an inspiring landscape. Take a tour with us!

The Ever-Changing Garden

Learn how this Kansas gardener transformed her challenging landscape with structural conifers, reseeding annuals and a beautiful rain garden to help control erosion.