Many of us have at least a section of garden that is shady most of the time. Shade gardens can be bor-ring unless you spice them up with…
Read more The 7 Best Perennials for Shade Gardens – Garden TherapyAll week, we’re revisiting the most popular stories of 2025, including this one from July. A shade garden is a green and contemplative refuge. It can also be…
Read more Perennials for a Shade Garden: Our Favorite Native Species and Hardy Flowering PlantsWhen 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 FunctionalFor the many gardeners whose growing-spaces are either entirely or partly shaded, shade-loving shrubs offer an important, permanent layer of interest alongside perennials and beneath trees. In small…
Read more Shrubs for Shade: Our Favorite Flowering Shrubs for the Shade GardenCulinary herbs add freshness and flavor to our meals. Growing them at home means that a quick trip to the garden or to the pot at the front…
Read more Herbs for Shade: Our Favorite Herbs to Grow When There’s Little Light in the GardenGov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that aimed to make it easier for farmworkers to make a workers’ compensation claim for heat illness. SB 1299 would have…
Read more Newsom vetoes bill aiming to increase protections for farmworkers overcome by heatJust because you have giant oak trees in the front or the neighbour’s back garage creating an overcast in your backyard doesn’t mean you can’t have some nice…
Read more Trying to Grow a Lawn in Shade? Try This Instead – Garden TherapyOne way to get people thinking, when it comes to the environment, is to offer beauty, and this is what Tom Massey and the architect Je Ahn have…
Read more Tom Massey’s Water Aid Garden at the 2024 Chelsea Flower ShowThis week, as the Chelsea Flower Show goes viral on every media outlet, we take a look at Tom Stuart-Smith, the comeback—after an absence of 14 years. A …
Read more Tom Stuart Smith’s Garden at the 2024 Chelsea Flower ShowPinterest1703 Facebook365 If you’re in a climate with intense summer sun, you may want to provide shade during the hottest months. This is similar to applying “sunscreen” on…
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