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Deborah Needleman's Garden, Slide Show

By Cynthia Kling

Our exclusive photographs of Deborah Needleman's garden, in Garrison, New York.

Anna Schuleit's Bloom

By Claire Lui

Anna Schuleit's 2003 piece Bloom installed 28,000 potted flowers in the Massachussetts Mental Health Center before it closed.

Harmony House, a Garden Makeover

By Susan Heeger

Four years ago, musician Nate Mendel bought a house in the Los Angeles hills surrounded by a scrappy lawn and a few big trees. Mendel felt certain it could be transformed into a welcoming home base.

Catalpa x erubescens 'Purpurea'

By Jenny Andrews

New leaves on this Indian bean tree emerge wine colored to chocolate, segueing to green in summer. White flowers are lavender-tinged. Though it can reach 40 to 50 feet tall and wide, it can be pruned hard to keep it shrubby. Zones 5-9. forestfarm.com

Viola Sorbet Black Duet

By Jenny Andrews

A member of the very popular, many-colored Sorbet series from grower PanAmerican Seed Co., Sorbet Black Duet is a sweet little bicolor, with a bright-purple face and velvety dark-plum wings. Sorbets are early to flower after winter has passed and continue through late spring. Plants are 6 inches high and wide; flowers are about an inch across.

Laura Morton's Moorish-Inspired Outdoor Kitchen

By Amy Cassell

Los-Angeles based landscape designer Laura Morton turns a driveway lined with pool equipment into a magical dining terrace and outdoor kitchen

My Garden: Color in Massachusetts

By The Editors

In Natick, Massachusetts, seventeen miles west of Boston, Joyce Ahlgren Hannaford has created a garden that is a neighborhood landmark. She shares photos of her garden with us, along with the very personal associations her garden has for her, with plants and landscaping features that serve as memories of her friends, family, and past homes.

Gilding Lilies

By Leah Eskin

It's the golden age for lilies, of the genus Lilium, with thousands of lily varieties. A short history of lily hybridization and why it's heating up now, more than ever.

How to Dig Up and Store Dahlia Tubers

By Frances Palmer

Artist Frances Palmer, well-known for her pottery, is also a passionate dahlia gardener. After teaching us how to plant dahlias, she returns to GardenDesign.com to show us how to dig up and store dahlia tubers for the winter.

The Return of the Untermyer Gardens

By Katie Mendelson

The city of Yonkers, New York, is unearthing a garden from New York’s golden age—the grand Persian gardens of Samuel Untermyer, overlooking the Hudson River. The story of how an architect and a horticulturist are working on clearing 70 years of brush and hoping to make the Untermyer Gardens one of the greatest public gardens in America.