-
15 Deer-Resistant Plants
-
Design an Engaging Entryway
-
Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
-
Variegated Plants Create Drama
-
Friendly Ways to Battle Garden Pests
-
10 Perennials Easily Grown from Seed
-
Soil Testing is Worth the Effort
-
A Gardener's Checklist for Early Spring
-
Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
-
Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
-
Find the Perfect Tomato
-
All About Starting Seeds
-
Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
-
Cool-Season Annuals
-
Celebrate Spring with Cool-Season Containers
-
Enchanting Japanese Maples
-
Spectacular Spring Bloomers
-
Backyard Makeover Game
-
Sweetly Scented Tulips
-
Building a Compost Bin
-
How to Grow Raspberries
-
Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
-
The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow
-
How to Start a Vegetable Garden
-
Garden Catalog Collector
Garden Photo of the Day
Subscribe to RSS feed
Just a little bit of color
10 commentsIt's amazing what just a little bit of color and structure will do to make winter oh-so-much-more attractive. This rustic birdhouse, besides attracting feathered friends to this garden, turns a...
view details
Happy Thanksgiving!
5 commentsIs your turkey in the oven yet? Check out Irvin and Pauline Faria's turkeys in the garden! He says, "Pauline’s garden is a Certified National Wildlife Habitat. Its woodland setting provides an...
view details
READER PHOTOS! Bulking up for a long winter
5 commentsToday's photos, like yesterday's, are from Eamonn Hughes in Wilsonville, Oregon. The first is a shot of the baby koi in his pond, getting one last feeding before settling in for the winter, while the...
view details
Feelin' the heat...
7 commentsDid I mention that it was HOT in Chicago when I visited a couple of weeks ago? We're talking mid-90s and steamy. Apparently, I wasn't the only one wilting in the heat. I spotted this little guy...
view details
READER PHOTOS! Time to leave the nest, kiddies...
8 commentsRemember when I posted Pam Wittenberg's photos of the hummingbird nest she'd found and some shots of the babies, begging for food from their mother? Click here to refresh your memory. That was just a...
view details
READER PHOTO! The cicadas are back....
7 commentsToday's photo is from Susan Stork in Jefferson City, Missouri. She says, "The 13-year cicadas have invaded the mid-west and we hear their daily mating call, see the exo-skeletons on the trees and in...
view details
READER PHOTOS! More baby hummingbirds
10 commentsMore great photos from Pam Wittenberg in Santa Rosa, California, today. Of these, she says, "I was down near the creek in our backyard pulling dead twigs and branches down when I got divebombed by an...
view details
READER PHOTOS! A startling visitor
3 commentsToday's photos are from Pam Wittenberg in Santa Rosa, California. She says, "My husband found this caterpillar hanging out on the backside of a piece of discarded lumber in our side yard. I moved it...
view details
READER PHOTO! The original robin's egg blue
6 commentsToday's photo is from Dorothy Kerr. She says, "This is spring at its best. Mother robin's eggs in a weeping mulberry tree in Central Ohio." Beautiful, Dorothy! Thanks for capturing this. Welcome to...
view details
READER PHOTO! Falling Snowflake, Cedar Waxwing
9 commentsThere is so much about this photo that I love. First, it was taken by one of my favorite gardeners, and a frequent commenter on the GPOD, Deanne Fortnam. Second, this cedar waxwing is GORGEOUS...
view details
READER PHOTO! Busy bee
5 commentsToday we have another photo from East Side Patch, the garden of Philip Leveridge in Austin, Texas. He says, "I have a bunch of mist flowers in the Patch and when they bloom they are magnets for all...
view details
READER PHOTOS! Wildlife in a California garden
6 commentsA couple of weeks ago, I asked you to send in photos of wildlife in your garden, and Pam Wittenberg from Santa Rosa, California, had a bunch to share! She says, "Here are some pics of the wildlife in...
view details
READER PHOTO! Now that's some wildlife
4 commentsIn response to Monday's post (Feed the birds), Denise Dyko of Millbrook, New York, sent in these photos of some wildlife in her garden. She says, "If you provide enough of a feast for the birds, you...
view details
READER PHOTO! Plant them and they will come...
5 commentsToday's photo is from Marc Opperman in Austin, Texas. He says, "I have a yard of mixed Central Texas native wildflowers, shrubs, and grasses, as well as an ever-increasing set of vegetable beds. And...
view details
READER PHOTO! The babies have grown up
1 commentA few weeks ago, Pam Wittenberg of Santa Rosa, California, shared photos of the baby katydids in her garden. They were tiny and adorable. Now they're all grown up, and Pam says that they still like...
view details
Birdhouses are a pop of color in borders
12 commentsColorful birdhouses are striking focal points in addition to homes for the local birds in this mixed border at the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington...
view details
READER PHOTO! Cute as a button
3 commentsToday's photo is from Pam Wittenberg in Santa Rosa, California. She says, "It's baby katydid season in our garden, and we've been finding them hiding out everywhere." Adorable. Thanks, Pam, for...
view details
READER PHOTO! It's a bouncing baby...mantid! Or 500...
7 commentsToday's photo is from Rebecca Sweet in Los Altos, California. She says, "Every spring we buy a praying mantis nest at our local nursery, hoping it hatches and provides us with at least one praying...
view details
READER PHOTO: Hummingbird & Honeysuckle
3 commentsToday's GPOD is from Tina Wilson in Arlington, Washington. She says, "I have a large garden and plant a variety of flowers that naturally attract hummingbirds, bees, birds, dragonflies, and other...
view details
Where's Waldo?
5 commentsThe bunny, that is. Can you find him? Associate Editor Danielle Sherry spent a bit of time with this fellow as she took photos at Blithewold Mansion, Gardens, & Arboretum in Rhode Island. He...
view details
READER PHOTO: The hummingbirds demand their bath
6 commentsToday's GPOD comes from LeAnn Locher, a storyteller and gardener in Portland, Oregon. She says: "We've created a water feature in our garden using a rain chain with water dropping into and...
view details
Subtle protection
1 commentA fish pond is an open invitiation for birds to come for lunch. This gardener found a nearly invisible way to discourage the snacking in her pond. Thin fishing line is zig-zagged across the water...
view details
|
|
Welcome to the Fine Gardening GARDEN PHOTO OF THE DAY blog!
Every weekday we post a new photo of a great garden, a spectacular plant, a stunning plant combination, or any number of other subjects. Think of it as your morning jolt of green.
Sign up to get new posts delivered to your inbox each morning so you'll always remember to take a look, or subscribe to our RSS feed. We look forward to sharing our garden travels with you.
If you think you have a photo that we should share on the Garden Photo of the day, email us. Send hi-res images to mgervais@taunton.com with GPOD in the subject line. We'll only respond if we plan to use your photo.
