Danielle Sherry
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Design
End-of-Season Regrets | Letter from the Editor
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” Lucille Ball said this in an interview during the peak of her fame in the 1950s.…
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Design
Establishing a Naturalistic Garden in Fallow, Compacted Fields | Garden Story with Donald Pell
“Uncontrollable changes in a garden are inevitable and wonderful opportunities,” says Donald Pell, a landscape designer in Chester County, Pennsylvania. To prove this is true, Donald and his associates created…
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Design
Build a Four-Season, Grass-Forward Garden: Plant IDs
Susan Calhoun’s garden in Poulsbo, Washington started out as an ugly patch of lawn that stretched along a property line. It was close to the shoreline and extremely close to…
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Podcast: Let's Argue About Plants
Episode 163: Tough-As-Nails Plants
It’s late July and we’re officially HOT. And so are our gardens. Now is the time that we start to truly sit up and take notice of the plants that…
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How-To
How to Grow Peppers That Won’t Let You Down
Peter Piper may have picked a peck of “perfect” peppers, but for the rest of us, a good harvest of this popular veggie can be more elusive. Peppers, like their…
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Podcast: Let's Argue About Plants
Episode 160: The RHS Chelsea Flower Show with Annie Guilfoyle
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to get exclusive access to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show? Well, your dreams have come true because in this exclusive interview…
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Design
Modern-Looking Plants for a Contemporary Landscape
When many gardeners hear the word “modern,” they often scrunch up their noses like they’ve suddenly caught a whiff of something foul. It’s true that many of us classify our…
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Design
Touring an Eco-friendly, Shady Backyard Retreat
You must be careful when you enter the backyard of garden designer Jeff Epping—not because you’re likely to trip on something, but because you might be dive-bombed by a pair…
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Design
Gardening Against All Odds | Letter from the Editor
Do all gardeners secretly think they’ve got it the worst? For instance, because I garden in New England, I feel like the glacial till (aka unbelievably rocky soil) and massively…
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Design
The Best Perennials for 2024
No matter how large or small a garden is, there’s nothing like a few new plants to make the gardener’s heart sing. We’ve looked over the introductions for 2024 and…