Flower Beds & Specialty Gardens

How to Create a Monarch Butterfly Garden

By OutdoorWoman

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Monarch butterflies are a joy to watch. Encouraging monarchs to enjoy your yard is fun and easy, and a perfect project for children. Butterfly weed, a kind of milkweed, is the host plant for monarchs. Most of the monarch's life cycle is ... more »

How to Divide Perennials

By only1special1

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Dividing perennials keeps them healthy and vigorous; it also gives you more plants to put around your garden and to share with friends and family... more »

How to grow a country garden

By Lauriesue

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Don't just plant your garden. Love your garden!.. more »

How to Make a Sand Garden

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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The sand garden or Zen garden has a long history. The Karesansui, or "dry mountain, and water garden" is the most famous, and is made entirely of sand, decorated with rocks or other elements, that is raked in varying patterns resembling flowing ... more »

How to Overwinter Plants in a Greenhouse

By Dr. Christopher J. Kline

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This article presents step-by-step overwintering techniques for preserving plants in a greenhouse... more »

How to Plant a Gazpacho Garden.

By GreenGardenChic

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Reign in the summer garden fresh produce with this classic Spanish dish. Traditionally served as a cold soup, this is one perfect meal for a hot summer evening... more »

How to Plant Under Black Walnut Trees

By only1special1

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Black Walnut trees produce a chemical called juglone, which is toxic to many plants in a sixty to eighty foot radius around the tree. All hope is not lost, though. There are several plants that are not affected by this chemical. Here are some ... more »

How to Propagate the Beehive Plant

By fossilflower

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Quickly multiply this ornamental plant inexpensively & easily~.. more »

How to Prune Specific Vines

By only1special1

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Vines are a beautiful part of our gardens. Whether they follow a trellis or grow along a fence, they need to be trained and pruned to grow where we want them to grow. Most vines need little pruning for a season or two as they grow into their ... more »

How to Renovate a Flower Bed

By only1special1

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Once in a while, a flower bed becomes overgrown and loses the shape or structure that you originally had in mind. Plants grow and you realize "Hey, that needs to be in the back and those need to be on the side and I don't want that in there ... more »

How to Stock Your Water Garden

By only1special1

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While some people prefer a clear water pond without fish or aquatic plants, most pond builders opt to include both to add beauty and interest to the waterscape. Ponds that include a diversity of aquatic life in correct proportions will achieve a ... more »

How to take care of fresh flowers

By Lolo-B

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Fresh flowers are a great, affordable way to add color and life to any room in your home. Here's how to make your blooms last as long as possible... more »

How to Use Beneficial Nematodes in Your Garden.

By GreenGardenChic

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Nematodes are microscopic living creatures that can be found in your garden soil. The Beneficial Nematodes are an organic gardeners dream because they are hungry predators that feed on the larva of some of our nastiest garden pest. When you ... more »

How to Build Good Soil

By only1special1

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Even if your property is not blessed with naturally good soil, you can STILL have a beautiful garden. The key rests in investing time and resources in your soil. Take the time to improve your soil and you'll spend less time and money watering, ... more »

How to Choose Plants That Help Keep the Bugs Away

By wendyr

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Pests can sometimes be a problem in the garden. One natural and organic way to help keep those nasty bugs away is to grow plants that those bugs dislike... more »

How to Create a Garden for Meditation

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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When people think of functional gardens, they might think of a vegetable garden yielding its bounty of produce or a cut flower garden providing armloads of bouquets. However, a garden planted for meditation provides another reward for its ... more »

How to Enjoy the Point Defiance Flower and Garden Show.

By GreenGardenChic

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Only in its 4th year, The Point Defiance Flower and Garden Show in Tacoma Washington has gained notoriety as one of the largest outdoor garden shows in our area, rivaling the Chelsea Flower and Garden Show in Brittan. Spend your day exploring ... more »

How to Give Your Garden Containers Winter Interest.

By GreenGardenChic

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Winter in the garden. Tired of passing your depressing pots of dirt that sit near your door? Spruce them up for the dull season... more »

How to Keep Your Garden Healthy

By only1special1

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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In your garden, you will save unlimited amounts of time, energy, money and frustration if you take some basic steps to prevent pest and disease problems before they strike... more »

How to Landscape With Coquina Rock

By eMerrill

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Coquina rock is a blessing for the landscaper who lives in bedrock-challenged eastern Florida. This member of the limestone family consists mainly of whole and fragmented shells in a matrix of sand, cemented by calcite. It can be hand gathered ... more »

How to Learn more About Edible Landscaping

By Jill M

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While many gardeners would like to grow their own fresh produce, not all have time or space for a separate food garden. I personally do not like or believe in large plot gardens. I feel they waste space and water. If you plant "Edible ... more »

How to Plant a Salsa Garden.

By GreenGardenChic

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It's only natural for the vegetable gardener to be drawn to cooking. What better way to experience garden fresh ingredients in the height of summer then to make your own homemade salsa. Plant these easy to grow ingredients and enjoy the best ... more »

How to Plant Ground Covering

By rkayne

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Have a bare area? Have a hill you really do not want to mow? Just plain tired of grass? Then groundcovers are for you!.. more »

How to Prune Old Wood Roses

By only1special1

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Roses are a beautiful part of your garden. They give you a wonderful sense of satisfaction when they are full of blooms but , to be full of blooms, they need to be pruned correctly. Old wood roses require special pruning techniques in order to ... more »

How to Arrange a Flowerbed

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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With the warm weather comes the time to get flowerbeds ready for the spring and summer months. It takes a little work and preparation, but with the right amount of effort, you can have a beautiful bed of flowers all season long... more »

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