Outdoor Living

How-To
Creating an Outdoor Shower

Forget about rinsing off with the garden hose. After a day spent mulching and weeding under the hot sun, nothing beats an outdoor shower. All that fresh air, warm water,…
Design
Design a Better Deck

Any outdoor space is better than no outdoor space. Even the kind of deck that we call a “penalty box”—the type you’ve probably seen attached to one side of a…
Video
Tour the Peggy Rockefellar Rose Garden
How-To
How to Make a Straw-Bale Garden

Why build a straw-bale garden? For starters, it’s the perfect solution if you only have a small space to garden. This whole concept was fairly straightforward and comes together easily.…
Design
Gardening for wildlife

See how this gardener designed her garden to be friendly to wildlife.
Video
Controlling Weeds

Here are the steps you need to take in order to keep weeds at bay: 1. Let sleeping seeds lie. Digging and cultivating brings weed seeds to the surface. 2.…
Article
Make Your Own Easy Garden Lanterns

Watch Michelle Gervais, Fine Gardening's technical editor, demonstrate how to make garden lanterns. Pierced-tin candleholders are easy to create and add a folk-art touch to your garden. Even better, most…
Design
Video: Ornaments in the Garden

"I love to embellish—my clothing, my house, and best of all, my garden," says Eve Thyrum, a volunteer at the Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College and a member of the Hardy Plant…

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