How to Press Flowers for a Pretty Memento You’ll Want to Display
Preserve your favorite flowers by pressing them with materials you have around your house.
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Garden Design
17 Cottage Garden Plants for a Yard Full of Color
Enjoy your yard without too much work by using our 17 low-maintenance cottage garden ideas for the prettiest flowers. They're colorful and easy care!
5 Winter Garden Tips for Creating a Spectacular Winter Landscape
Evaluate your landscape in winter to see what's working and what's not. Ensure you have plants that look good in each mini season of winter. Choose plants with year-round interest. Place plants strategically to be most visible from windows or paths and to block drab wintertime views. Include plants to attract and feed birds in winter.
5 Reasons You Should Grow Heirloom Seeds
Learn why these beloved seeds are just as precious as heirloom jewelry or dishes and often have interesting histories attached to them.
Complementary Flower Combos in Purple and Yellow
On the color wheel, purple and yellow are opposites, which makes them complementary. Our combinations of blooms for your garden add a colorful punch.
These 19 Chocolate Plants Look or Smell Like Your Favorite Flavor
Create a chocolate plant garden with greenery that has cocoa-scented blooms or dark reddish-brown flowers or foliage.
Here's How to Dry and Preserve Flowers to Enjoy Their Beauty Year-Round
Learn how to dry flowers with air drying, silica gel, or even the microwave. These three methods to preserve flowers are great for wreaths, bouquets, and decorating projects.
21 Xeriscape Plants for the Water-Wise Garden
Create a beautiful landscape with these xeriscape plants that need little water and are low maintenance too.
This Front Yard Prairie Garden Requires Almost No Maintenance
An Iowa gardener takes cues from nature to create an easy-care wildlife haven filled with colorful native plants.
How to Dry Hydrangeas Like Experts Do
Learn how to dry hydrangeas with tips from an expert to DIY beautiful floral decor for your home.
12 Border Plants for a Stunning, Colorful Garden
Create a gorgeous garden with these border plants that offer vibrant flowers and textures all season long.
25 Top Plant Picks from the Better Homes & Gardens Test Garden®
These all-star perennials and shrubs are top performers from over the years in our test garden in Des Moines, Iowa.
12 Tips for Designing a Beautiful Flower Garden
With these landscape design tips, even a beginner gardener can create a magnificent and mesmerizing flower garden full of blooms and curb appeal.
19 Rock Garden Ideas to Add Visual Interest to Your Landscape
These rock garden ideas and design inspiration suit a range of spaces—including hard-to-landscape spots. Get ideas for a rock garden in any yard.
How to Make a Tomato Cage Plant Stand
Repurpose a tomato cage to create a tall plant stand perfect for a front stoop container garden. Add rustic flair with rope-wrapped rows.
24 Pink Flowers to Add Dainty or Bold Beauty to Your Garden
Make a statement with our favorite pink flowers in every hue from the palest blush to the brightest magenta.
Here's What Attracts Dragonflies and Damselflies to Eat Mosquitos
Learn what attracts dragonflies and damselflies to your yard to get rid of pesky mosquitos. They eat hundreds of mosquitos a day.
How to Make DIY Garden Globe Lights
Add a magical glow to evenings outdoors and a warm, natural feel to your patio or garden path with these easy-to-make planters with globe garden lights.
The Best Plants for Birds That Produce Lots of Seeds to Feed Them
Birds eat the seeds of several annuals and perennials. The best seedy plants to grow for birds are goldenrod, pearl millet, sea holly, Joe Pye weed, New England aster, sunflower, cosmos, black-eyed Susan, purple coneflower, zinnia, coreopsis, globe thistle, sedum, and native grasses.
How to Make DIY Bottle Bird Feeders
Make use of a recycled glass bottle and invite birds into your garden with a homemade bird feeder. We'll show you how to make one while adding your own flair.