Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

If you want to make a difference in your world, the sustainable gardening trend is about taking actions to decrease the impact your behaviors have on the environment in your own back yard. “The idea ...

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A gravel garden is simply any garden featuring a gravel mulch. You can build an environmentally friendly gravel garden by using sustainably sourced gravel and choosing native plants to grow in it.

Now is the time of the year when people are working hard to have a beautiful lawn. They are putting down lime and fertilizer as well as some grass seed to fill in the places where grass is sparce.

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A garden can be much more than a patch of grass or a few decorative plants, it can become a small sanctuary for wildlife.

Often drawing from ancient philosophies of Buddhism and Taoism, a Japanese garden emphasizes harmony, restraint, and a carefully curated sensory experience. While these green spaces have long captured ...

Growing vegetables in raised beds offers many benefits. Raised beds give your garden a sense of scale and structure, limit ...

Transform your garden into a bird-friendly haven by offering diverse food sources, consistent feeding, and clean water. Create natural foraging spots, provide nesting boxes with suitable materials, ...

As an increasing number of us become aware of the pressures, obstacles, and dangers facing our bird populations both locally and nationally, we are beginning to identify ways that we as individuals ...