Garden Ideas

This is a collection of my favorite garden projects. This year I am planning some big changes for my garden, so check back often.

Also, see my greenhouse page and monthly plant picks page for more garden goodies.

Creating A New Garden Area

A Saucer Filled With Spring

Garden Planning and Dreaming

Two Projects With One Pumpkin

A DIY Old-World Garden Trough

Four Fantastic Ferns

Upcycling An Ugly Plastic Box

A Spring Garden Update – And My Favorite Ornamental Tomato

Escape to a Tropical Garden

Tomato Tips from Mr. B. — Tomato Tips from Mr. B

My Budget Halloween Decor

Exploring an Urban Jungle

A DIY Vintage-Inspired Shatter-Resistant Garden Mirror

Brightening up a Dark Garden

Taming the Monster: A Garden Corner Makeover

Releasing My Air Plants Into the Wild – and a Spring Garden Tour

An Easy DIY Hanging Garden Sphere

A Little Greenhouse in a Big Snow – Plus a Snow Garden Tour

A Rust Bed Spring Becomes a Trellis

What To Do With All This Bamboo

Mom’s Secret Garden

My Budget Spring Garden

Dream Gardens

An Experiment With Coleus

Container Design on a Budget

Basil Growing Ideas for Easter and Beyond

Keeping Orchard Mason Bees

Fun with Brick and Mortar

burlap placements in setting — Simple Summer Decor Tips

2016 Summer Style Boards

Keeping it Simple: DIY Garden Edging

Garden Art — A Lapse in Judgment Becomes Garden Art

New walkway — Improvements in the Garden

TIps for a Beautiful Winter Garden — Tips for a Beautiful Winter Garden

hops being harvested — A Hoppy Harvest

gazebo — A Beautiful Update for Mom’s Garden

Three Easy Tips for Summer Gardening — Three Tips for Easy Summer Gardening

Garden Design: Working with Mother Nature

hose with fence sprinkler — An Old Country Cistern Wakes Up in the City

cat statue in shade garden — Darlings of the Shade Garden

Taking walkway lights to new heights

Garden ideas — Choosing bold colors for small garden structures

patio furniture closeup — Color ideas for creating a unified look in your garden

'Redbor' kale with sorrel, pansy and flowering cabbage — Fall container gardening with kale

Cyclamen with Golden Spikemoss — Cyclamen with Golden Spikemoss in container

propagation try — Starting Seeds Indoors on a Shoestring

Spring Container Gardening with Smoke and Mirrors