Guide to Basic Gardening

Garden Basics

10 Things You Need to Do in Your Garden This Fall

Your garden checklist for the season.

September 24, 2024

September 30, 2024

Landscaping

10 Things to Do in Your Garden Before You Put Your House on the Market

Tackle this real estate agent-approved checklist before you sell your home.

September 5, 2024

Benner Landscape Design Carmelina Home Pool Roses

Landscaping

Your Garden’s Design Can Impact Your Wellness. Here’s How to Optimize Your Yard for Healing.

How this design team dreams up wellness-minded wonderscapes.

August 27, 2024

August 28, 2024

Garden Basics

Experts Agree: This Is the Ultimate Gardening Tool

We asked 10 gardeners for their favorite tool, expecting 10 answers. But one tool was the clear favorite.

May 12, 2022

May 17, 2022

The Latest From Sunset

Food & Drink

If You’re a Pumpkin Spice-Hater, These New Food Items Just Might Change Your Mind

It's officially fall, y'all!

October 7, 2024

October 8, 2024

Decorating & Design

These 4 Changes Will Make Your Home Feel Cozier and More Inviting

It's all about comfort colors and textures.

October 7, 2024

October 4, 2024

Travel

This Place Is the Absolute Best Spot for Dahlia-Peeping

Orcas Island in Washington is a special place to see these seasonal blooms in all their glory.

October 4, 2024

October 3, 2024

Mickey Mouse Floral Design at Disneyland

Lifestyle

Disneyland Just Brought Back a New Transportation Option for the First Time in 4 Years

Good news for fans of this classic attraction.

October 4, 2024

October 3, 2024

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Garden Basics

Here’s How to Help Your Garden Survive a Heatwave

Temps are rising—learn how to keep plants perky when it's hot out.

July 10, 2024

August 29, 2024

Edible Gardening

The Ultimate Guide to Vertical Vegetable Gardening

Patio pots and small plots rejoice, there's always room to grow when going up.

June 26, 2024

Garden Basics

8 Essential Things to Do in Your Garden This Summer

It's go-time in the garden! What to do in your garden no matter where you are in the West.

June 6, 2024

June 7, 2024

Edible Gardening

The Ultimate Guide to Growing Tomatoes

Our garden editor’s foolproof approach to growing the healthiest and most abundant plants this summer.

May 21, 2024

September 5, 2024

Edible Gardening

A Pro’s Tips to Design the Edible Garden of Your Dreams

An award-winning garden designer reveals her style secrets.

May 1, 2024

April 30, 2024

Edible Gardening

Take a Tour of the Dreamiest California Take on a French Kitchen Garden

The "homestead" garden is hardworking and beautiful.

April 16, 2024

April 12, 2024

Starting a Raised Bed?

Garden Basics

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 Basics

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

Garden Basics

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

Garden Basics

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 Basics

A Raised Bed in a City? This Urban Gardener Did It, and So Can You

Sophie Pennes, of Urban Farms LA, explains how sun is more important than space and how it’s perfectly possible to pull off an edible garden in a city environment.

March 30, 2022

April 21, 2022

Garden Basics

Easy Mistakes to Make When Growing from Seed, and How to Fix Them

The Plant Good Seed Company's Quin Shakra walks us through the basics of growing seeds in raised bed environments.

March 30, 2022

April 21, 2022

Beginners' Guides

Garden Basics

These Are the 4 Commandments of Container Gardening

Lana Williams shares foolproof recipes for potting up the perfect container garden.

August 8, 2024

August 7, 2024

Flowers & Plants

Everyone Needs a Houseplant Emergency Kit. Here’s How to Build One.

It's time to practice plant preparedness and we've got everything you need in case of an unexpected botanical bust.

May 15, 2024

May 16, 2024

Garden Basics

These Apps Will Help You Become a Better Gardener

No green thumb yet? No worries.

April 17, 2024

April 19, 2024

Garden Gear

Garden Basics

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

Hannah Muller Full Belly Farm Floral Arranging Bud Vases

Flowers & Plants

Level up Your Floral Arranging Game with These Essential Tools

These tools will upgrade your garden arrangements.

June 25, 2024

July 23, 2024

Garden Basics

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

Garden Basics

This Is the Last Hose You’ll Ever Buy

Good looking and hard working—this just might be the last hose you ever buy.

September 6, 2023

Garden Basics

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