Short of crowding a garden with annuals, fulfilling a desire for long-blooming plants in the shade is at best challenging. While attractive foliage is at the heart of shade designs,… Read More »Grow These Long-Lasting Blooms for Color in the Shade
Let’s talk about a phrase that never fails to make me laugh: “outdoor design and living.” As if gardening isn’t, at its core, the ultimate act of designing an outdoor… Read More »Gardening: The Original Outdoor Living | Letter from the Editor
Oftentimes what works in life during your 30s and 40s isn’t sustainable later on; this is especially true when it comes to gardening. After more than three decades as a… Read More »Grow a Garden Retreat that Bridges Sun and Shade
Happy Monday Your Artistic Ideaers! I’m thrilled to start the week with our next dose of 2025 spring color! These early spring bloomers were shared by friend-of-the-blog Carla Zambelli Mudry… Read More »Early Spring Flowers in Carla’s Garden, Part 1
Happy Friday Your Artistic Ideaers! We’re nearing the end of our series with Cherry Ong on her small garden transformation and dream greenhouse build. Last week Cherry shared the first… Read More »Cherry’s Small Space Garden and Greenhouse Experience, Part 5
Hi Your Artistic Ideaers! Last week I shared the first in a series of posts about the 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show that I attended this year with Fine Gardening. If… Read More »GPOD on the Road: Philadelphia Flower Show, Part 2
Hi Your Artistic Ideaers! We’re back in Boulder, Colorado (Zone 4/5) to see more of Bonnie Phipps Moninger’s gorgeous flower garden. In case you missed it yesterday, check out Part… Read More »The Birth of Bonnie’s Flower Garden, Part 2
Hi Your Artistic Ideaers! Last week we shared a wonderful section of Bonnie Phipps Moninger’s garden in Boulder, Colorado (Zone 4/5)—if you missed that post, be sure to check it… Read More »The Birth of Bonnie’s Flower Garden, Part 1
Happy Monday Your Artistic Ideaers! We get submissions from all over the world here on Garden Photo of the Day, but one area that I’m always disappointed that we don’t… Read More »Indoor Growing in Arizona – Fine Gardening
If your pulse quickens at the sight of a dogwood or peony in full bloom, this is the episode for you. Although a restrained, foliage-focused design is always a safe… Read More »Episode 179: Most Beautiful Flowers