The big, blousy beauty of spring-blooming peonies simply doesnt last long enough. Retain some of their good looks by drying them for a colorful display that can last for years. Begin with newly opened blooms at
Cottage-Style Landscape Design
The exuberance of a full-fledged cottage garden always enchants. Curving pathways lead to abundant flowerbeds. A relaxed atmosphere prevails. Often, a picket fence functions less as a corral and more as a beautiful pro
Stop crying over broken pottery or porcelain. Instead, recycle the shards of a plate or vase to create these unique garden art accents. Before you begin, seek out your raw materials at flea markets or garage sal
Berry Beautiful Jewels of the winter landscape, long-lasting berries are a delight to wildlife and humans. While some trees and shrubs produce fruit that is consumed as soon as it ripens, such as sweet cherries,
Best Plants for Landscape Edging
Edging your landscape creates a crisp, finished look. Beds and borders seem to sparkle when theres a clear edge between the planting area and your lawn, driveway, sidewalk, or another landscape bed. Traditional edging
Year One When she and her husband, David, moved to her country subdivision, Lark Kulikowskis original idea was to create a prairie-style garden by planting spring daisies, coneflowers, black-eyed Susans, yuccas,
Pressed Flowers: How to Make Your Own
continue reading below Pressed flowers preserve a moment in time. They evoke a remembrance of a special bouquet from a loved one or a stunning pansy bloom that caught your eye in spring. They seem to k
Flower Arrangements from the Garden
One of the joys of gardening is growing flowers for cutting that can be transformed into beautiful arrangements. Foliage, too, can enhance a floral arrangement or stand alone. A bouquet of hosta foliage or other leaves
DIY One-Hour Miniature Herb Garden
Materials: 12x12x4-inch wood box or vintage seed flat Potting soil Floral wire 10-inch bamboo skewer Small pebbles 13 young herb plants continue reading below Young Herb Plants: 1. Variegated lemon th
Dogwood Orbs Pruning ornamental shrubs, such as dogwoods, leaves you with leftovers that can be used to make pretty garden ornaments. Red twig and yellow twig dogwood cuttings create beautiful decorations. Bend, w
Making hollyhock dolls is an old-fashioned craft thats been enjoyed by children for generations. In fact, the dolls have been popular for centuries. Childrens book author and illustrator Sharon Lovejoy, who has
DIY Miniature Succulent Garden
Finished Product: continue reading below Materials: 12-inch terra-cotta pot saucer, with or without drainage holes Cactus mix potting soil Miniature garden furnishings and figurines, such as an arb
Create a topiary sculpture. Many types of plants are well-suited to shaping, including the herb rosemary shown here, as well as hollies, ivies, and boxwood. Or try flowering plants such as lantana, fuchsia, and
Situated at the edge of a patio, this trickling double-decker fountain turns a small space into an exotic outdoor room. The larger pot sits on pot feet (painted to match), raising it enough for the pumps electri
Final Product: continue reading below Materials: Clear glass container with an opening large enough to insert plants Gloves Clean 1⁄2- to 3⁄4-inch pebbles Bowl Dried sphagnum moss Dowel for tamping Mois
These decorative steppers are always pretty to look at, but will get slippery when wet. Before starting this project, youll need to break up flea-market plates or tiles for the mosaics of these colorful stepping
For a few weeks each summer, Gloria Wards dining room table is all about hydrangeas. Gloria, whose Atlanta-area garden is a showcase for her favorite flowering shrub, sets up a convenient dining-room laboratory
Free Garden Plan Our free Planting Guide for this garden includes a larger version of the illustration, a detailed layout diagram, a list of plants for the garden as shown, a list of alternatives for each plant, a
Free Garden Plan Our free Planting Guide for this garden includes a larger version of the illustration, a detailed layout diagram, a list of plants for the garden as shown, and complete instructions for installing
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