Best Flowers and Plants for Your Garden

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

November 13, 2025

Garden Basics

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

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

Garden Basics

12 Must-Do Tasks for Your Fall Garden

What to do this season.

September 22, 2025

November 13, 2025

The Latest From Sunset

Hawaii

I Went on a Splurge-y, Luxe Babymoon, Here’s Why It Was 100% Worth It

And there’s only one place to do it, in my humble opinion.

November 17, 2025

November 13, 2025

Decorating & Design

A Professional Organizer Shares the Best Way to Store Toys

Plus, how to know it’s time to toss them.

November 17, 2025

November 13, 2025

Curtis Stone’s Individual Apple Pie

Chef Curtis Stone usually makes these beautiful single-serving pies lattice-topped, but for ease of making, this one skips that step.

November 14, 2025

Garden Basics

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

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Landscaping

Think Fall Color Isn’t for the West? These 12 Native Trees Prove You’re Wrong

Add a splash of autumn color into your own landscape and hit the road with these tree-specific destinations sure to inspire.

October 2, 2025

September 30, 2025

Garden Basics

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

Flowers & Plants

Why ‘Chaos Gardening’ Is the Wild Trend Taking Over Backyards Once Again

How to rethink untamed planting for a more resilient, beautiful backyard.

May 22, 2025

May 23, 2025

House Plant Ideas for Everyone

Flowers & Plants

The 2025 Plant of the Year Is a Low Maintenance Houseplant Everyone Needs to Own

Yes, even for those without a green thumb.

December 11, 2024

January 30, 2025

Flowers & Plants

This Visual Design Trick Is the Coolest Way to Style Your Houseplants

Take your plant collection to new heights.

September 19, 2024

September 16, 2024

Decorating & Design

This Hotel Has the Wildest Plant Design—Here’s How to Get the Look at Home

The plant experts behind 1 Hotel’s dizzying array of greenery share inspo on how to mimic their biophillic San Francisco space.

September 18, 2024

January 22, 2025

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

Light Bio Firefly Petunia Glow in the Dark Plant

Flowers & Plants

These Plants Literally Glow in the Dark—Just Add Water

Create a groovy garden.

June 7, 2024

June 11, 2024

Flowers & Plants

Do You Have the Right Gear to Take Care of Your Houseplants? 5 Things to Buy

You might need more than you think.

October 26, 2023

October 30, 2023

Planting Prep

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

November 13, 2025

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

DIY Projects

This Surprising Vegetable Is the Secret to a Beautiful Floral Arrangement

Learn how to make a floral braid.

June 27, 2024

June 26, 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

Flowers & Plants

The Latest From Sunset

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House Plant Ideas for Everyone

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