Al fresco living is having a moment. We’re all using our personal outdoor spaces more than ever, in fact, according to a recent survey conducted by TruGreen, folks are spending 14 hours a week outside ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Our fifth annual outdoor living design competition beckoned us to answer the call the wild. From Southern ...

Our sixth annual landscape design competition urged us to relish the restorative power of nature. The five winners of our 2025 World’s Most Beautiful Gardens range in locations, sizes, and styles—from ...

Mark is a seasoned green industry veteran and freelance writer based in Georgia. His work encompasses all things garden, landscape, home improvement, and DIY, with a focus on sustainability. Mark ...

For VERANDA's first-ever World's Most Beautiful Gardens awards, our judges pored through scores of entries, seeking the landscapes with the strongest ground game. And what they found was garden gold, ...

How can you tell if a snowman is mad at you? He gives you the cold shoulder. Snowman season will be with us for a while yet, but our winter landscapes needn’t look cold and dreary. We can enjoy ...

One of my goals as a gardener is to plant something somewhere in my home landscape every month of the year. While that goal may be more easily achievable in locations in other parts of the country, it ...

BOULDER – Having taken her first xeriscape class during the 1990s before installing a xeriscape garden in part of her yard, Dianne S. is a long-time advocate of xeriscape gardening. When she moved to ...

Soothing sounds, warmth in textures, dulcet silhouettes of foliage, and a surrounding tranquility that can mould a simple urban garden into an oasis that feels personal and beautiful. That's what ...

Look closely. Signs of spring are everywhere. Tulips, daffodils and perennials are poking their way through cold soggy mulch in search of warm sunshine. Soon, our brown, ice-damaged urban landscape ...