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A person kneeling in the garden putting down Organic plant food — Miracle-Gro

A woman in a denim outfit picking a cherry tomato off her AeroGarden cherry plant sitting on her counter. — AeroGarden

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4 backyard parties with personality

From mocktail meet-ups to hand-crafted hangs, make your next get-together anything but ordinary.

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Inspiration & tips for your favorite spaces

How to Take Care of Your Lawn While on Vacation

How to Get Rid of Ticks: Types, Diseases & Yard Treatment Guide

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Outdoor Gardening

Fall Harvest Vegetables to Plant in Summer

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Learn What Herbs Make Great Additions to Summer Drinks

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Mosquito Repelling Plants

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How to Keep Planted Containers Looking Great This Summer

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You—yes, you—might be the next blue-ribbon winner

Ever been tempted to enter your garden’s bounty in the county fair? Our writer was. Here’s what she discovered about the rules of the game

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Mint overload? Cool new ways to use it

If your garden is growing massive amounts of mint, follow these fresh ideas to liven up your cooking — and cocktails.

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What your yard can teach you at night

When the sun sets, the mood changes, the stars come into view, and sometimes, you may glimpse some higher truths.

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5 mood-boosting moves right outside your door

Celebrate National Wellness Month by embracing the restorative power of the outdoors.

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Feeling the heat? So are your plants.

How to handle it when Mother Nature shows up with high temps and just won't leave.

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Featured Stories

woman in a baseball hat raking through an in ground garden bed — Learn

Not your grandma’s garden club anymore

older woman kneeling down to dig in a raised bed garden wearing a wide brimmed gardening hat — Learn

Gardener’s guide: Stay sun-safe (without looking dorky)

Graphic of a father and daughter reading a Gardening Secrets book with plants and insects that look like they are popping off the pages of the book. — Learn

Books That’ll Cultivate a Young Gardener

A young toddler picking berries off a vine and eating them. — Learn

My child is out back eating leaves — and i’m loving It

grains and vegetables and different foods layed out on a table — Learn

7 ways plants can save your life

Gnomes — Learn

“What Were They Thinking?!”: When Garden Art Goes Wild

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Stories from the ground up

How green spaces shape our lives

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null — The Inheritance of Dirt

null — Concrete, Chaos and Chrysanthemums: How Urban Gardens Saved My Lower East Side

null — Woman Versus Nature

null — Watching the Grass Grow: Passing My Millennial Childhood on to Gen Alpha

null — The Garden Where I Finally Found a Family

null — Jorts and Lilies: Saturdays With My Gardening Dad

null — My Father's Five-Acre Field of Dreams

null — Finding Hopefulness in a Majestic English Garden

null — We Stopped Mowing—and a Pollinator Meadow Took Over

null — The Life Lessons of a Muddy Soccer Season

null — The Backyard That Became Our Major League Daydream

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