Flower Beds & Specialty Gardens

A neatly-mulched bed improves the appearance of any landscape. The mulch provides other benefits like weed control, improved water retention and slower erosion of topsoil. Plastic mulch is used in...

Cold-frame greenhouses are valuable tools to extend your growing season. Build permanent cold frames to protect plants during adverse weather or to keep lettuce growing year round. Use temporary...

Thanks to the inexpensive nature of PVC and greenhouse plastic, it's easier than ever to construct your own greenhouse. However, like their Victorian counterparts, modern greenhouses still need a...

While regular plastic sheeting will certainly kill weeds, it may kill everything else in your garden too. Plastic sheeting will not allow the soil to breathe and will trap in so much heat and...

Landscape edging forms a frame for your garden. Edging can be very expensive, especially when using preformed landscaping bricks to line your gardens. There are plenty of options for inexpensive...

All the parts of an EarthBox that come in the EarthBox kit are made of recycled plastic. Find out what an EarthBox is made of and how it helps the environment in this free video on green gardening...

The plastic skin on a greenhouse or hoop house keeps in the ultraviolet rays, which means more heat for plants. Choose the plastic, or poly, skin for a hoop house with a professional organic...

Many people think of Bamboo as a tree or a shrub when in fact, bamboo is a grass. Some bamboo shoots can grow 100 feet tall given the right circumstances. That doesn't sound much like grass, but...

Starting a plant nursery from scratch requires a lot of labor. It can be done for very little money; some people choose to spend more money to make the work a little easier. All necessary supplies...

Hang inverted planters to grow herbs, flowers, fruits or vegetables, if you don't have room for a traditional garden or large containers. The planters are attractive, as well as fragrant. Inverted...

Creating planters for your outside plants doesn't need to be a challenge. These quick and easy plastic crates can be converted to planters with nothing more than a garbage bag and some potting...