If your New Year’s goal is to create or convert a garden bed to native plants, the “Plant by Numbers” resources from The Ohio ...

Jim Dunphy’s Landscaping outlines the key landscaping trends shaping residential outdoor spaces in 2026. These trends ...

Now would be an excellent time to create a landscape plan for a small area and do some designing and planting. Small yards are common in urban areas. Older neighborhoods are typically divided into ...

Does your landscape need a boost from new trees, shrubs or groundcovers? Arbor Day is coming next month (April 30), and we’re beginning to enter a great time to plant woody plants. Let me encourage ...

Key Takeaways Use winter to plan your garden so spring planting is organized and successful.Know your USDA hardiness zone and ...

Many traditional home landscapes feature vast areas of under-utilized space, such as large turf grass lawns. Sustainable sites feature spaces for human enjoyment, considering opportunities to design ...

The cool days of November are our signal to get out our trowels and spades and start digging. We are full on into our best planting season of the year. The air is cool, the soil is still warm and — ...

The nonprofit group Wild Ones offers a free library of designs, with plants specific to your area — and you don’t have to be a member to use it. By Margaret Roach Turning your front yard into ...

How’s your fall planting going? This is our best planting time of the year for everything from trees to leafy greens to wildflower seeds. Do your homework, plan your schedule, then get gardening! Find ...

Spring is an optimum time to refresh your landscape by replacing and adding new shrubs. Considerations for your landscaping plans should include finding the right plants for our climate, as well as ...

Now is when you may be able to start planting container gardens that are in a protected location such as on a porch or warm patio. Many annuals such as lobelia, geraniums and petunias can handle cool ...