Very soon, that first glorious spring day will arrive and, with it, the urge to create something beautiful and blossomy in the backyard. Whether your goal is to augment an existing garden or start ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring has sprung! As winter has started fading away and the days have grown longer, nature is beginning to awaken for spring. One ...

A private garden need only please its owner; after all, taste is very individual. But while beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, there are some basic garden design principles to keep in mind. An ...

When planning a new garden, getting the layout right pays dividends immediately and over the long term. A good garden layout makes the space more attractive and functional and can help reduce time ...

As outdoor spaces have shrunk and the pace of life has become much faster than it used to be, new types of gardens have had to emerge. The best landscapes now aren’t measured in square footage or ...

After a rare April storm smothered Oregon with snow Monday, Portland flower hobbyist Kishra Ott was called to rescue lilacs shaken from a toppled century-old tree. She filled floral buckets with the ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...