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Starting the first garden in your new home. Basic design considerations including how much time you want to put into the garden for chores, use of the garden and water considerations.

Caring for a garden is a labour of love, and leaving one behind can be a sad occasion. With careful planning, however, a new house means a new garden to cultivate.

Whether you're a first time gardener or seasoned green thumb, the time will come for a new gardening plot in your yard. Here's how to start a garden from scratch.

The Netherlands Plantarium tradeshow announced the Boskoop Royal Horticultural Society's plant medal winners in late August, 2009. It previews new garden flowers to buy.

Preparing for a new gardening year. Making sure that your American garden is in the best shape possible for the new season.

Part two of putting a garden into a new home. American Gardens generally include lawn, flowerbeds and patios and walks.

Gardeners will spend time this winter planning their purchases for spring planting. Here are ideas for each US gardening zone.

Two questions come to mind when starting a garden; how deep does it need to be cultivated, and how big should the garden plot be?

Dolley Madison was known for her unique fashion statements. However, her early years were no indication of Dolley's future as an American fashion icon.

If taking measurements and plotting on graph paper just isn't your style, you can still have a beautiful garden by following a few simple rules.

Perennial gardens can be stunning in just a couple of years. A big budget helps, but there are cost-cutting tricks to building beautiful perennial gardens.

Here are garden books for plant lovers on Santa's holiday gift list. This guide includes historical and cozy mystery books gardeners will enjoy reading this holiday.

Growing your own fresh delicious vegetables doesn't have to be a daunting task. Here are some tips for starting small but yielding big as a novice gardener.

Compost is a vital element in the organic garden, so you mustn't let the absence of a bin stop you from harvesting black gold.

A new garden book called Planthropology: The Myths, Mysteries, and Miracles of My Garden Favorites by Ken Druse is for the consummate plant lover.

Worm castings (a.k.a. worm poop or vermicompost), are a high nitrogen source of organic matter good for growing vegetables and flowers in the ground or in pots.

The best, easy-to-care-for Florida gardens use plants native to Florida. Florida gardening is complicated due to sandy soil, a very wet rainy reason and very dry winter

Maintenance of a desert garden is an important component in developing and keeping a beautiful and viable garden.

Historic Boston, Massachusetts, hosts a number of longstanding annual traditions for wine lovers, gardeners, elite runners, families and interested spectators.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has wide boulevard gardens throughout its public streets. Gardeners will be inspired by the free garden plantings easily seen in this Midwest city.

Vacant lots in city neighborhoods transformed into community gardens produce locally grown vegetables and flowers for urban residents in a successful model in upstate NY.

Save money this holiday season by giving unique, themed DIY gift boxes. Ideas for homemade wine and food baskets, personalized photo gifts, sports and gardening boxes.

Piles of old newspapers are a non-toxic way to kill weeds and grass in perennial and vegetable gardens

Organic lawn and garden maintenance doesn't end with summer. You can prepare your plants, flowers, and lawn for winter dormancy with this autumn garden checklist.

Gardening is a fun and rewarding hobby for retirees that not only exercises the body, but it also gives the mind a workout as well. Here's how.

Sometimes, organic gardening is the result of circumstances beyond one's control.

The best care for flowers, vegetables or a lush green lawn begins with preparing the soil by digging in lots of organic matter down deep where plant roots wander.

Many vegetables such as greens, sprouts and asparagus benefit from a fall garden. The cooler temperatures allow for a better growing season and better tasting produce.

There are many ways for parents, teachers or care givers to teach toddlers more about the changing world around them as spring, summer, autumn and winter seasons pass.

A friend of mine says it was easier to move than kill off the invasive plants. I'm too stubborn for that.

Creating a beautiful garden plot can be expensive, especially if the yard is large and plants have to be replaced. Here are a few ideas for making a dollar go further.

Your months, or even years of searching for your dream home is over and now what? You have to adjust to this new place and make it your home.

Each year gardeners look forward to seeing which plants will earn the All-America Selections award for being easy to grow and beautiful garden specimens.

Find fun and unique senior men's birthday party ideas and themes for Grandpa. Grandfathers will love these family-friendly ideas to celebrate his special day.

Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens is a treasure trove of information for gardeners wanting to design landscapes with native flowering plants and ferns.

There is no doubt that using a sprinkler system can keep your lawn looking green and healthy. What size sprinkler do you need, and what kinds work best? Find out here.

Take preventive steps and learn how to cope with drought before it hits your area.

There are always things to do in the garden even after it's been put to bed for the winter. After the leaves have fallen, the garden is a blank canvas to build with.

Show explores key moments in the career of one of the UK's most influential architects through models, sketches, drawings, film and photographs.

A review of "An Encyclopedia of Garden Design and Structure: Ideas and Inspiration for Your Garden" by Derek Fell, over 800 photographs of landscape elements from A to W.

These sewing and quilt books feature garden quilts, place mats, and other projects with garden-related motifs.

Use Gardening Basics for Dummies as a reference to learn how to plant a garden from scratch or redesign an old landscape plan. Home gardening for beginners.

Some gardening guides can make growing your own vegetables as complicated as the Kama Sutra makes lovemaking. But growing food to eat is innate in us all.

The old-fashioned panicled hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata 'Grandiflora'), a traditional feature of Northeast American garden landscapes, makes a comeback in new forms.

Put away your lawnmower, and turn your landscape into a sanctuary for native plants and wildflowers. These hardy plants need no chemicals and little care.

Jane Griffiths speaks about the process of writing her fabulous book on growing organic vegetables and herbs.

The victory garden movement is once again taking off thanks to President Obama. Sheet composting is one of the easiest, cheapest ways to plant a vegetable garden.

In a new yard where there is nothing but a lawn or bare soil, or in a well-established garden, an easy, inexpensive way to enhance the property is to use natural pieces.

Lambda award-winner Nicola Griffith talks about her new novel and returning to the SF genre.

Organic Gardening magazine, the Aveeno Brand and Nature's Path have chosen community gardens in Chicago, Philadelphia and Atlanta to help out with water conservation.