ECO-FRIENDLY GARDENING

Turn your garden into a wildlife sanctuary with these eco-friendly tips.

Design a landscape that mimics ecosystems found in nature.

Give up your lawn for other more eco-friendly options.

Create the perfect environment to entice butterflies to visit your garden and lay eggs for a new generation.

Rain gardens hold water until it soaks into the soil and are a key feature of eco-friendly landscape design.

Grow a pollinator paradise with these tips for picking the right flowers and creating a safe environment for beneficial insects.

Create a lush woodland sanctuary in your yard.

Climate change is not only coming, it's already well underway. What can we and our gardens expect?

Learn about 15 plants that help keep wildfires at bay and get landscape design tips for reducing fire risk.

Protect wildlife by reducing light pollution in your yard.

Create a beautiful landscape that benefits wildlife and the environment.

Reduce your water use by choosing waterwise plants for your garden and landscape.

The best rain garden plants are moisture-tolerant natives that can also endure dry periods.

Discover how to help save the bees by growing bee friendly plants in your garden. Get tips for creating a bee garden that will support pollinators and look great.

Invite delightful hummingbirds to your garden with these annuals, perennials, shrubs, and vines.

Attract butterflies to your yard with these nutrient-rich plants and flowers

Turn a patch of your garden into a banquet for beneficial insects by putting these native plants on the menu.

Turn your yard and garden into a mecca for birds by filling it with the plants, shrubs, and trees that they love.

Jim Martinez picks seven of his favorite plants to grow in desert regions, including Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

A Delaware couple built their home and gardens around a natural pond that's a haven for wildlife.

A Pacific Northwest gardener creates a suburban sanctuary for growing food and nurturing wildlife.

Welcoming all that can fly in, this natural garden is home to birds, bees, bugs, and even bats.

The owners of this Portland, Oregon, garden want to connect people with the Earth.

Tour Rick Darke and Melinda Zoehrer’s 1.5-acre property in Landenberg, Pennsylvania.

A garden in the Arizona desert designed by Christy Ten Eyck is both water-wise and chic.

Safely deal with common garden pests and diseases, including deer, squirrels, rabbits, aphids, powdery mildew, and more.

Get the dirt on composting: the benefits, what to include (and what not to), and finding the right balance.

Save your plants from garden floods with these cleanup tips and preventative measures.

Help correct the steep decline in insect populations by including plants & flowers that support them.

Planting diagrams and plant lists for mailbox gardens, entryways, cut flower gardens, pollinator gardens and more.

Take an in-depth look at nine native shrubs in this comprehensive article featuring our best varieties.

Designing & Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden, by Kelly D. Norris

A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard, by Douglas W. Tallamy

Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes, by Thomas Ranier and Claudia West