5 DIY Garden Ideas for Wood Pallets

Everywhere you look thee days, one thing is clear – everyone is using wood pallets for DIY projects! It makes sense. You can up-cycle and get something cool for free… what's better than that! For tho

Go Vertical! DIY Gardens for Small Spaces

When gardening in a small space, it can be tough to fit in everything you would like to grow, especially if you are a plant collector. Garden trends make way for vertical gardening, which create growing space where th

Healing Gardens: What Can Garden Therapy Do For You?

You've heard of “pet therapy”? Most of us know that owning and loving a pet helps us live longer, lowers blood pressure and helps us deal with stress better. But did you know garden therapy does the same thing?

How to Refresh Your Tired Summer Garden

Once July and August roll around in the garden, it's really common for the “bloom to come off the rose” so to speak. In other words, our gardens can get a little bedraggled, and our gardening inspiration can get

Budget Garden? Grow Butterfly Bush! Here's Why (and How!)

If you are gardening on a budget, have we got the plant for you! How can a plant choice help you spend less and garden more? Well if you grow Butterfly Bush, (Buddleia) its easy… here's why. Butterfly Bus

5 Fun Up-Cycled Bird Houses, Feeders and Baths!

Nothing is as fun in the garden as the whimsical use of up-cycled materials for garden projects. The perfect marriage is reusing the past and bringing the wildlife of nature into your yard. History and nature just see

Modernize Your Garden With Bamboo

Bamboo is a great choice for specimen planting or for screening, and it can be easy to grow if you know how to manage it. It fits in with most garden styles, and there are varieties of nearly every size and for every

DIY Terrariums.. Easy!

Making a DIY terrarium is a stylish and trendy garden project that is easy. Here is a simple tutorial on making and maintaining a terrarium garden in your home!  Supplies: Glass container with open top Activated charc

Favorite Creative Garden Projects

This week we have some of TGG's favorite creative garden projects we have run across while exploring the many wonderful DIY blogs out there! Check all these out for DIY garden tutorials and inspiration! 1

5 DIY Garden Mood Lighting Ideas

In the late summer and fall, as the sun sets earlier but the gorgeous weather still keeps us outdoors, the need for cool garden lighting arises. No one wants to run out and install a lighting system just because sunse

Modern Trends: Cactus Garden Ideas & Tips

If your vision of growing cactus involves a dry desert look, think again. Cactus and succulents are one of the hottest garden trends going on right now, and we all should give them a little look. Live in a northern cl

Don't Make These 5 Mistakes Growing Mums

Mums, or Chrysanthemums, are one of the most popular and classic fall flowers for the garden of all time. With good reason! They come in a wide array of colors, last well into frost, and keep a dying landscape looking

Make Your Garden a Hummingbird Haven

If you love hummingbirds and would like to see more in your garden, there are a of couple easy steps to attract them and convince them to stick around. Create a hummingbird haven and have them coming back all season l

Fall Is For The Birds! 7 DIY Bird Baths

Fall is the time of the year when birds become very active in the garden. I love birds in my yard, and we here at TGG have feeders and bird baths that we keep active all year round to attract the little guys.  Oh, and

Got Veggies? Harvesting Your Vegetable Garden for Flavor!

It's that time of year again! Late summer and early fall is prime time for fresh vegetables in the garden. If you were lucky enough to grow some of the good stuff in your little spot this year, here are some eas

Fall Garden Checklist: 10 Things…

Just because the weather is turning cooler is no reason to turn your back on the garden! In fact, giving your garden a little extra time now can help you have a great gardening season next year. It also happens to be

Favorite DIY Garden Projects

This week at TGG we have some of our favorite DIY garden projects that we have found around the web. Enjoy these great ideas from our favorite blogs! I LOVE the pot wreath from ‘Bees Knees Bungalow'! Fille

Bulb Crazy: Plan A Spring Bulb Garden Now

We all do it every spring…we lust after those gorgeous bulb gardens, full of bright colors after a long gray winter… And every year we say, “Next spring I'm going to have a garden like that!” Well th

Fall Container Wow in 3 Easy Steps

Fall is one of the best times to up your curb appeal and create a welcoming yard and garden for all your family and friends. Updating your planters and containers for fall is easy, can be done in an afternoon, and can

How to Buy Plants on Clearance (And which ones!)

Fall is a great time of year to pick up a huge discount on plants at the local nursery and home improvement center on clearance. There are a couple of tips to choosing plants that will give you healthy growth into nex