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Videos: How to Build a Raised BedBuild a raised bed from home-center materials. Blogger Greg Holdsworth shows you how. 

Podcast: Why Don't Young People Garden?In a lively three-way conversation, Andrew Keys, Kelly Norris, and Amanda Thomsen swap tales and offer insights.

Slideshow: Containers for Every SeasonView inspiring container combinations for spring, summer, fall, and winter. 

Featured: Colorful annuals

Gomphrena haageana 'Strawberry Fields'
(Gomphrena)

Tropaeolum majus 'Jewel of Africa'
(Indian cress, Nasturtium)

Tithonia rotundifolia 'Torch'
(Mexican sunflower)

Magazine extras

Enter the 2012 Container Design ChallengeFantastic foliage is this year's theme

Accessorize!: Finalist Photos from the 2011 Container Design ChallengeLet inspired container creations from Fine Gardening's readers inspire you this gardening season

Interactive Graphics: Concentrate on contrast, and more...Mouse over the photos, and see the plants identified

Experts Pick Their Favorite PlantsWe asked 42 gardening experts from around the country to select their favorite plants. Now you can see the complete results of the survey.

VIDEO Seed-Starting VideosStarting seeds isn't difficult, and these videos will show you a few ways to sow seeds indoor and out

VIDEO Introduction to Dividing PerennialsMastering this technique is the best way to get more plants for free

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