Garden, or landscape, lighting can be a wonderful addition to your home garden! Landscape lighting or garden lighting refers to the use of outdoor illumination of private gardens and public landscapes; for the enhancement and purposes of safety, nighttime aesthetics, accessibility, security, recreation and sports, and social and event uses.  This is the perfect way to let your garden shine – literally! There are [...]

Unless you have been living under a rock, you are probably quite familiar with the magazine, Better Homes and Gardens.  After all, Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth most popular selling magazine in all of the United States!  The incredibly popular magazine focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine was [...]

(ARA) – One of the driving forces in gardening is many American’s pursuit of healthier eating and greener living. This means that the new face of gardening has begun to change considerably in recent years. Today’s gardeners are younger and more urban than traditional gardeners, therefore, making unique impressions on the green world. So, what’s [...]

(ARA) – With the housing market still in recovery, many American homeowners are choosing to stay put and renovate. Whether you’re updating the home you love or preparing your house for resale when the market finally turns around, your outdoor living space is a great place to start. According to a recent study from McGraw-Hill, [...]

Gardens are a beautiful thing, after all that is what this magazine blog is all about.  However, have you ever stopped to think about the true meaning of the word, Garden?  That is what we are here to talk about today.  The fundamental basics of a true garden. A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, [...]

Roof gardens are a big part of city life and urban gardening.  Basically, a roof garden is any garden on the roof of a building. Besides the decorative benefit, roof plantings may provide food, temperature control, hydrological benefits, architectural enhancement, habitats or corridors for wildlife, and recreational opportunities. Many chefs in the major cities of the U.S. such as New [...]

(NC)— Farmers tell us it’s true. Flowers, vegetables and fruit must be fed to thrive. Indeed, throughout the growing season, most plants tend to use up the nutrients in the soil at a rate faster than those elements can be replaced naturally. So in our own gardens, applying plant food to the soil is a [...]

Urban gardening is a big part of city life. Urban gardening or horticulture includes all horticultural crops grown for human consumption and ornamental use within and in the immediate surroundings of cities.  This type of gardening is very important for people living amidst the hustle and bustle of say New York City or Los Angeles. Although crops [...]

Winter gardening  is something I was not familiar with until recently.  In the harsh winters of Oklahoma, I do not think about growing vegetation or life.  But it is done! This is where something like a green house comes into play.   The modern winter garden is usually a garden planted either to produce food, or at [...]

Biodynamic gardening, or agriculture, is a method of organic farming.  It emphasizes the holistic development and interrelationships of the soil, plants and animals as a self-sustaining system.  This is a type of gardening, or agriculture production, that believes in “going green”. Biodynamic farming has much in common with other organic approaches, such as emphasizing the use of manures [...]