As if gardening weren’t challenging enough, sometimes deer take up residence in your garden and decide to host a dinner party. There is nothing worse than planting a…
Read more Deer-Resistant Evergreen Shrubs: 5 Favorites to PlantNobody ever says “I should have planted fewer narcissus bulbs” when the flowers start blooming in springtime. With their cheery bobbing heads, these happy harbingers of spring lift…
Read more 10 Things Nobody Tells You About Narcissus – GardenistaIf you’re upgrading an existing landscape, you can reuse pavers from an old path or patio to create your new outdoor space. 7. Build a patio in stages.…
Read more 10 Ways to Save Money on a New Patio – GardenistaIn fall the Instagram feeds of many of our favorite gardeners, quite understandably, start to wither or move indoors. Not so that of Dutch garden designer Frank Heijligers. Indeed,…
Read more Expert Advice: 9 Tips for a Moody Winter Garden – GardenistaWhen Sarah Pajwani and her family moved into their house near Maidenhead (an hour from London) in 2011, it was surrounded by an “overgrown field.” Having created a…
Read more Magic in Maidenhead: An English Garden That Glows in the Winter – GardenistaWith the start of the new year, our minds are a-swirl with ideas for what we’ll do in our gardens come spring. For inspiration, we asked garden and…
Read more Resolutions Roundup: Garden Pros Share the 10 Ways They’re Changing Their Landscapes in 2026 – GardenistaAll week, we’re revisiting the most popular stories of 2025, including this one from March. Anyone who knows British garden designer Jo Thompson’s work will not be surprised…
Read more Jo Thompson’s ‘The New Romantic Garden’: Design Ideas to Steal From Her New BookThis is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, ecological gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at home. …
Read more The Year in Gardening: Looking Back With Joy (and Looking Ahead With Hope) – GardenistaAs gardens fade and the days darken, it’s tempting to forget about what’s going on outdoors until early spring when everything jolts back into life. But this is…
Read more The Beauty of Decay: 10 Perennials to Add Structure to a Winter Garden – GardenistaHere in New Jersey, we have a stormwater problem. Due to climate change, the state is getting heavier and more intense downpours from hurricanes, nor’easters, and intense summer…
Read more South Orange Middle School Plants a Rain Garden to Soak Up StormwaterJake Hobson is a master pruner. He’s written two books on pruning: Niwaki: Pruning, Training, and Shaping Trees the Japanese Way and The Art of Creative Pruning: Inventive…
Read more Jake Hobson’s Garden: A Tour of the Niwaki Founder’s Mini-Forest BackyardThis is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, ecological gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at home. …
Read more Cues to Care: How to Design Ecological Gardens that Look Neat and TidyPruning shrubs and topiary is an exhausting business—especially if it requires being perched on top of a ladder or spending an entire day to complete the work. Large…
Read more Review of Stihl HSA 26: The Hedge Trimmers Are a ‘Game-Changer’Happy pub day to us! Today, Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden finally hits bookstores! We can’t wait for you to crack it open and enjoy the contents. Whether you’re…
Read more Lawn-Free Front Yard Ideas: 10 Tips from ‘Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden’Recently, we published a story on the trend toward more naturalistic-looking shrubs in garden design, but Michael P. Gibson’s Seussian topiary art may singlehandedly stem that tide. Michael…
Read more Quick Takes With: Michael P. Gibson – GardenistaNature abhors a monoculture, but not necessarily a monochrome culture. Against a leafy green backdrop, a single color stands out dramatically—particularly when that hue is white. Here are…
Read more All-White Gardens: 15 Favorite Examples of White-on-White LandscapesWhen a family came to Dirt Queen NYC seeking a backyard makeover, they really just wanted one thing: to be able to use their yard. The existing “garden”…
Read more Ditmas Park Backyard: Dirt Queen Redesigns a Brooklyn Garden to Be More FunctionalIn the first decade of America’s post-war boom, a million and a half new houses were built, creating vast tracts of suburbia and giving young families their first…
Read more Before & After: A 1940s-Suburban House Grows Up Gracefully in Mill Valley, CA – GardenistaThis week, we’re revisiting some of our all-time favorite stories about gardening in New York City. Cultivating plants in the Big Apple comes with challenges—yards tend to be…
Read more Garden of Eden: The Most Beautiful Spot in Brooklyn Happens to Be in an Industrial Park (Seriously) – GardenistaThis week, we’re revisiting some of our all-time favorite stories about gardening in New York City. Cultivating plants in the Big Apple comes with challenges—yards tend to be…
Read more Courtyard Gardens in New York City: Our Favorite Backyards in Manhattan and Brooklyn