Ornamental Plants

From flower beds to patio pots to hanging planters, decorative greenery and flowers can spruce up any yard and home and are often easy to care for.

Garden

Whether gardening to you is planting flowers, growing vegetables, or pruning shrubs, The Habitat answers all your spade and soil questions!

Edible Plants

From cherry tomatoes to butternut squash, you can grow a whole cornucopia right in your own backyard — if you know how. The Habitat takes you through the finer points of raising vegetables and fruits in your garden. Your grocery store days could be coming to an end!

Gardening

Gardening: a chance to get outdoors, dig in the dirt, and grow your own vegetables and flowers. Check out our tips!

Outdoor Living

Whether your yard needs work or is already an oasis, we've got the best patio inspo and firepit plans — we'll help you elevate your time outside.

Landscaping

All the details on how to get rid of backyard pests, prune your shrubs, and choose the best plants for a gorgeous green outdoor space of any size.

Keep your pets safe this season by keeping an eye out for these potential dangers.

11 Unexpected Springtime Dangers to Pets

Enhancing your curb appeal is all about beautifying your yard so that you, and any future owners, can enjoy it to its full extent.

10 Ways To Up Your Home's Curb Appeal

Starting your own vegetable garden is easy with these simple steps for beginning seeds or seedlings indoors in late winter!

Start Your Vegetable Garden Indoors

Assassin bugs might look nasty, but they could actually help keep gardens free of pests that would destroy a green thumb's hard work!

Assassin Bugs Are a Blessing in Disguise

Take your backyard to the next level with a boardwalk or garden path that leads visitors thoughtfully through the space. The options are endless!

Get Some Backyard Boardwalk Inspiration

The balsam poplar or balm of gilead is a fast&#x2d;growing deciduous tree native to North America. It makes a great windbreak and is quite easy to care for.

How to Grow a Balsam Poplar Tree

Tiny but impressive Eranthis belong to the buttercup family and give bereft winter gardens intense color and carpet the ground with sunny yellow.

How to Grow Eranthis in Your Garden

Gardening has seen a major boom in recent years. If you've never even put a shovel into dirt, these tips and tricks are made for you, newbie!

Landscape Design Tips for the Total Beginner

Pouring your own concrete is a tricky and time&#x2d;intensive job, but if you're up for it, the results will be worth the effort!

DIY Concrete Pouring, FYI

Corms, bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes are similar in some ways, but they have many differences. Here's what you need to know about each type of plant.

Understanding Corms, Bulbs, Tubers, and Rhizomes

Thinking of updating your garden fence, or building one where there's currently none? These inspiring options will help you narrow down your choices.

Consider a Chic Garden Fence

You may know that loamy or loam soil is the best for gardening, but that leaves the question: what is it and what makes it so good?