Guide to Basic Gardening – Sunset Magazine

Forest Pavilion Forest View

What You Should Know Before Planting a Shade Garden

Create beauty beneath the canopy inspired by this Washington forest retreat.

October 30, 2025

October 29, 2025

Clare Carver in Garden

Edible Gardening

5 Vegetables You Can Actually Plant in November

While much of the garden takes a seasonal pause, these cold-tolerant crops are just getting started.

November 6, 2025

November 7, 2025

Ruth Bancroft Garden from Designing the Lush Dry Garden

5 Steps to Creating a Visually Stunning Climate-Resilient Garden

We learn lessons from the Ruth Bancroft Garden in California for creating climate-resilient gardens that are beautiful and bold.

September 30, 2025

October 7, 2025

Raised Bed Greenhouse San Geronimo

Flowers & Plants

If You Plant These Right Now, You Can Enjoy Them for the Holiday Season

Late-season planting tips and regional plant picks to ensure your garden provides festive, flavorful, and holiday charm.

October 23, 2025

October 24, 2025

The Latest From Sunset

Ojai Valley Landscape

Plant Lovers, This Is How You Plan the Perfect Weekend Getaway in Ojai

Explore the Valley through a new botanical lens with the best places to eat, shop, and be inspired.

September 18, 2025

September 23, 2025

The World of Peter Dunham Teak Furniture

Decorating & Design

This Is the Most Important Priority in an Outdoor Space, According to a Designer

Peter Dunham shares design tips straight from his garden.

September 16, 2025

September 23, 2025

School Garden

Edible Gardening

A School Garden Can Make a Big Difference—Here’s How to Start One

Create a school garden that can inspire learning, spark curiosity, and bring students together—one plant at a time.

September 10, 2025

September 11, 2025

Finished Cast with Color

Decorating & Design

We Bet You’ve Never Thought of Preserving Flowers Like This Before

From sage leaves to dahlias, learn this meditative technique.

September 5, 2025

September 4, 2025

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Drink Your Garden Belinda Kelly and Venise Cunningham

Edible Gardening

Yes, You Can Grow Your Own Cocktails (Sort of)—Here’s How

Seasonal tips and sips from a Washington cocktail farm.

October 10, 2025

October 14, 2025

Flower Hat Farm Fields in Fall

5 Fall Bulb Planting Mistakes That Will Sabotage Your Spring Garden

Try these pro autumn planting tips for bountiful blooms during the season ahead.

September 25, 2025

September 23, 2025

California Natives Fall Garden

12 Must-Do Tasks for Your Fall Garden

What to do this season.

September 22, 2025

September 26, 2025

Sweet Pea School Marryn Mathis Harvesting Sweet Peas

Flowers & Plants

Fall Is Actually the Best Time to Plant These Popular Flowers

Marryn Mathis, the reigning “Sweet Pea Queen,” shares why autumn is the best time to plant these fragrant favorites, plus her expert tips for a swoon-worthy spring harvest.

September 4, 2025

September 7, 2025

Starting a Raised Bed?

Raised Bed Solutions: Look at the Light

How to Replant a Raised Bed That Just Isn’t Working

Go from flopped to flourishing with these 7 simple ideas.

May 15, 2025

May 14, 2025

Pine House Edible Gardens

Edible Gardening

This $0 Hack Will Fix Your Raised Beds

Use scraps, salvage, and stuff you already have to upgrade your garden beds in time for spring.

March 11, 2025

March 14, 2025

Dark Raised Bed

5 Ways to Customize Your Raised Beds and Give Your Garden a Glow-Up

It’s time to think outside of the garden box!

July 18, 2023

September 22, 2023

Garden Water Feature with Raised Beds

Here’s Everything We Wish We’d Known Before Putting in a Raised Bed

We asked the experts for the most important things you should consider.

March 15, 2023

March 17, 2023

Large Beds

Edible Gardening

Help! When Do I Harvest the Veggies in My Raised Bed?

Clarke de Mornay, of Flora Grubb Gardens, clues us in on how and when to harvest a garden’s bounty—and what to do when you have too much of a good thing.

April 8, 2022

August 5, 2022

Epic Gardening's Kevin Espiritu

Edible Gardening

Every Raised Bed Gardening Question You Didn’t Even Know You Should Ask

Epic Gardening’s Kevin Espiritu walks us through the basics in prepping a raised bed this season.

March 16, 2022

March 23, 2022

Garden Gear

Watering Vegetable Garden with Hose

This Hose Is Guaranteed to Last for Life, and You Can Drink out of It (Which Is Why I Have Two)

It’s versatile for any task.

October 17, 2024

October 16, 2024

Blowing Leaves

It’s Time to Make the Switch to Electric Lawn Tools—Here’s How to Do It Right

It’s time to step off the gas and practice mindful maintenance in the garden.

January 18, 2024

March 29, 2024

Woman Garden Hat

A Garden Editor’s Guide to Great Skin

The editor-approved skincare products that will keep you looking good no matter where the outdoors takes you.

July 19, 2024

July 26, 2024

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5 Vegetables You Can Actually Plant in November

5 Vegetables You Can Actually Plant in November

What You Should Know Before Planting a Shade Garden

What You Should Know Before Planting a Shade Garden

If You Plant These Right Now, You Can Enjoy Them for the Holiday Season

If You Plant These Right Now, You Can Enjoy Them for the Holiday Season

Yes, You Can Grow Your Own Cocktails (Sort of)—Here's How

Yes, You Can Grow Your Own Cocktails (Sort of)—Here’s How

5 Steps to Creating a Visually Stunning Climate-Resilient Garden

5 Steps to Creating a Visually Stunning Climate-Resilient Garden

5 Fall Bulb Planting Mistakes That Will Sabotage Your Spring Garden

5 Fall Bulb Planting Mistakes That Will Sabotage Your Spring Garden

12 Must-Do Tasks for Your Fall Garden

12 Must-Do Tasks for Your Fall Garden

Plant Lovers, This Is How You Plan the Perfect Weekend Getaway in Ojai

Plant Lovers, This Is How You Plan the Perfect Weekend Getaway in Ojai

This Is the Most Important Priority in an Outdoor Space, According to a Designer

This Is the Most Important Priority in an Outdoor Space, According to a Designer

A School Garden Can Make a Big Difference—Here's How to Start One

A School Garden Can Make a Big Difference—Here’s How to Start One

We Bet You've Never Thought of Preserving Flowers Like This Before

We Bet You’ve Never Thought of Preserving Flowers Like This Before

Fall Is Actually the Best Time to Plant These Popular Flowers

Fall Is Actually the Best Time to Plant These Popular Flowers

The 10 Best Landscape Projects to Tackle Before Fall Planting Season

The 10 Best Landscape Projects to Tackle Before Fall Planting Season

Here's What to Plant and Prep Right Now for a Thriving Fall Garden

Here’s What to Plant and Prep Right Now for a Thriving Fall Garden

Too Hot to Plant? Here Are 10 Things to Do for Your Native Garden in August

Too Hot to Plant? Here Are 10 Things to Do for Your Native Garden in August

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