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Practical guidance for the garden you actually have.
Explore different types of gardens by purpose, growing method, environment and habitat, from pollinator and rain gardens to shade, container, woodland and xeriscape gardens.
The guides that make the rest of gardening easier to understand.
Featured guide
Fairy Garden: How to Create a Miniature Garden With Plants
A fairy garden is a miniature landscape built with living plants, small paths, structures and carefully scaled details that suggest a tiny inhabited world.…
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Garden Types
Moon Garden: How to Design a Beautiful Garden for Nighttime
A moon garden is designed to become more noticeable as daylight fades. White…
Garden Types
Memorial Garden: How to Create a Meaningful Place of Remembrance
A memorial garden is a living place of remembrance created to honor someone…
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Timely guides for the decisions gardeners are making this season.
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Arid Garden
Desert Garden: How to Design and Plant for Hot, Arid Climates
18 min
Low Water Garden
Xeriscape Garden: How to Design a Beautiful Low-Water Landscape
14 min
Flowering Meadow
Meadow Garden: How to Create a Naturalistic Flowering Meadow
14 min
Prairie Forbs
Prairie Garden: How to Create and Maintain a Native Prairie
18 min
Spring Ephemerals
Woodland Garden: How to Create a Layered Garden in Dappled Shade
16 min
Garden by season
Use the seasonal hub when timing matters more than topic. Local climate and weather still refine every recommendation.