Outdoor Gardening Tips

Get growing with expert advice on all things gardening, plants, flowers, and more.

Wooden vertical garden with marigolds and pink flowers against a brown wall, next to a wooden fence.

Backyard Oasis: How To Make Your Own Vertical Garden

Ready for your next weekend project? With summer slowly winding down, all I can think about is spending my evenings outdoor, whether in a friend’s backyard, a restaurant patio, or a city park. Patrick Davis, consultant by day, DIY carpenter by nights and weekends, has just the project to get your outdoor space ready for those early fall hangs. The best part? It only takes up a few square feet!

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Apr 30, 2019

An Easy Hack to Turn this Inexpensive IKEA Lantern Into a Hanging Planter

IKEA hacks are often inspiring, but there are so many I’ve never tried myself because they take too long and require tools that I don’t have–and they’re often furniture pieces that I just don’t need. So when I found myself wandering the floors of IKEA recently, and the TOPPIG lantern presented itself as a possible hanging planter, I knew it was a hack I was willing to try because I could do it quickly and with minimal supplies.

Ashley Poskin

Apr 30, 2019

Saying Goodbye to “Gay Gardens,” a Plant-Filled Seattle Rental

Name: Matthew Mirarchi and JoJo the pup Location: West Seattle — Seattle, Washington Size: 1,000 square feet Years Lived In: 2 years, renting “Gay Gardens is my plant-filled genie bottle,” confesses Matthew. “Tucked away along an arterial road snaking through West Seattle’s hillside, it’s one of those rental gems that only comes along once in a blue moon.

Adrienne Breaux

Apr 30, 2019

These 6 Perfect Hanging Plants Are Also Pretty Easy to Care For

There's ALWAYS room for another one of these.

Rebecca Straus

May 14, 2018

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Did you #ShowUsYourSeedlings? Here are our favorites!

With help from the folks at Miracle-Gro, we’ve been digging through the endless inspiration and ideas generated by Apartment Therapy’s Gardening School. Led by modern homesteader and wise instructor Linda Ly, each lesson is designed to give even the blackest thumbs the confidence to plan, prep and plant their own garden. But the biggest lesson has been that gardening isn’t really about the end result – it’s about the entire experience.