Guide to Basic Gardening – Sunset Magazine

Plant Garden Protect Net

Winter Is Actually the Most Important Time for Your Garden. Here’s Your Seasonal Checklist.

All the tasks to do this season.

December 3, 2025

December 7, 2025

Houseplants

Flowers & Plants

This Long-Lasting Tree Is the 2026 Plant of the Year

For all the posiive energy in the New Year.

December 10, 2025

December 9, 2025

Blue Delphinium

Flowers & Plants

This ‘Calm Luxury’ Plant is the Flower of the Year

Optimism is “in” for 2026.

December 10, 2025

December 9, 2025

Artful Plant Grouping

Flowers & Plants

Insider Tricks from Plant Rental Experts for Gorgeous, Long-Lasting Houseplants

From smarter styling to thriving greenery, The Plant Library shares sustainable tips that make caring for indoor plants simple and stress-free.

December 9, 2025

December 9, 2025

The Latest From Sunset

Winter Beet Soup

These Recipes Feature the Best of Winter Produce

Make the most of staying in and staying warm with these dishes.

December 12, 2025

December 12, 2025

Wine Decanter

Do You Really Need to Decant Your Wine? Two Sommeliers Tell the Truth

Here’s the low-down on decanting.

December 12, 2025

December 9, 2025

Nols Winter Camping

Outdoor Adventure

An Avalanche Expert Shares His Winter Survival Tips

Andy Paul, instructor at NOLS Alaska, shares his tips for playing safe this season.

December 11, 2025

December 13, 2025

Decorating & Design

Move Over Paint Colors, It’s Time for the Texture of the Year

2026 is all about lived-in charm.

December 11, 2025

December 12, 2025

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Bullard Villa Grigio Palm Springs

Flowers & Plants

Martyn Lawrence Bullard’s Garden Pet Peeves and Other Landscaping Advice

The designer shares his gardening hot takes.

November 20, 2025

November 18, 2025

Lawn Removal Wild Canyon Landscapes

Now Is the Perfect Time to Tear out Your Lawn and Transform It into a Thriving, Eco-Friendly Garden

Reimagine your grass into something that saves water, welcomes wildlife, and delights all the senses.

November 14, 2025

November 14, 2025

Bullard Diehl Villa Grigio Palm Springs Pool

Desert Landscaping Tips from Hollywood’s Hottest Garden Designer

Landscape designer Thomas Diehl of The Living Canvas shares his tips for a desert garden.

November 19, 2025

November 18, 2025

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

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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