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We teach you how to grow and care for your dream garden, and how to decorate with plants.
Lay Your Own Path
Instructions for how to install a basic garden path.
Designing a Backyard Shed
Possibilities for creating a tiny building with big impact
Ferns: A Circle of Fronds
Unfurling the mystery of ferns.
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Global Warming and Gardens
By Jenny Andrews
Climate change is not only coming, it's already well underway. What can our gardens expect?
Related Topics: How-To | Purple | Eco-responsible | living green
How to Buy a Greenhouse
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Recommendations on buying a greenhouse or conservatory of your own.
Related Topics: How-To | Brown | Great Gardens | Greenhouse
Planning Tips for a Garden Remodel
Tips on remodeling your backyard from scratch
Related Topics: How-To | Backyard | Designing With Plants | Plan your garden
Designing with Annuals
By Jenny Andrews
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Tips for achieving a cohesive design with annuals. 
Related Topics: How-To | Designing With Plants | Plant guide | Shops
Bulbs by the Potful
By Bill Marken
Selecting the right container for spring-blooming bulbs.
Related Topics: How-To | Designing With Plants | Flower guide | flowers | Seed guide
Stretch the Season with Container Plantings
By Bill Marken
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Fresh combinations for container plantings from Seattle landscape designers Glenn Withey and Charles Price. 
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Purple | Container gardening | Designing With Plants | Plan your garden
How to Create a Container Planting
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Containers are as complicated as they are chic — and worth every minute of your effort
Related Topics: How-To | Brown | Container gardening | Designing With Plants | How-To
Using Moss as a Design Element
By Sarah Kinbar
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Moss creeps westward, from traditional-style Japanese gardens into our own backyards
Related Topics: How-To | Designing With Plants | Moss | Plan your garden
Outstanding Container Plants
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Plants that are great for containers and baskets
Related Topics: How-To | Pink | Purple | Container gardening | Containers | Designing With Plants | Houseplants
Gardening Advice: Grow Daffodils
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Tips for planting daffodils in warmer climates. 
Related Topics: How-To | Designing With Plants | flowers | Gardening Advice | Plan your garden
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