Resort at home: magical ideas from a Phoenix garden
Relaxation is easy when your garden has all the ambience of a desert resort. As the last rays of sunlight play across Camelback Mountain in the distance, Earl and Sandy Jarred of Phoenix light a fire on the patio, then recline on comfortable cushions [..]

Close to home: shopping for your garden
Garden stores across the South open their doors to shoppers who want to spruce up their outdoor living space [..]

An Edible Flower Garden
To most of us, the idea of eating flowers evokes the humorous image of someone biting into a rose, or chomping off the head of a daisy. Yet there was a time not so very long ago that flowers were an integral part of cooking. While most of us are aware that violets can be candied and nasturtiums eaten in salad, there's a truly amazing variety of flowers that are not only edible, but delicious! [..]

A Garden To Attract Hummingbirds
ohn Sanderson
Mommy, come see! There are fairies in the garden!
And so they might have been to the eyes of a five year old who grew up on tales of pixies, elves and fairies [..]

Cut Flower Gardening For Beautiful Bouquets
Imagine a never-ending supply of beautiful flowers for your home, bouquets and arrangements to give to friends, flowers to pluck at will for gifts, get-well visits, anniversaries and birthdays [..]

Butterfly Gardens For Your Region Samuel Murray
I grew up in the city surrounded by asphalt and concrete sidewalks, brick buildings and vacant lots but there was no lack of nature or butterflies in my life [..]

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. - book review
Permaculture: HYPE OR HOPE?
Two Exceptional Horticulturalists Duke It Out Over the Meaning and Practice of PERMACULTURE
Whole Earth has been printing articles and reviewing books on permaculture for more than twenty years. Permaculture seems to hold a special feel for those involved [..]


Fun, Funky Garden Plants
I have a love for funky, fun and unique garden plants. Here's one to try. It's called Sea Holly, and it's actually in the thistle family [..]