While it’s common to incorporate rocks into landscape designs, most of the time it’s in the form of a border around plants or a tree, or creating a path through a yard or garden. But there’s another ...

Lavender is one of the best plants to add to your rock garden ideas as it is hardy, low maintenance and thrives in poor soils. As a Mediterranean plant, it is naturally acclimatized to rougher, drier ...

Creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) is a perennial ground cover native to the Eastern U.S. It blooms in late spring for three to four weeks, is about five to six inches tall and spreads up to two feet ...

Dave Egbert’s decision seven years ago to move to a remote patch of land overlooking Shasta Lake, Calif., seemed counterintuitive for an avid gardener. The property had limited access to water, but ...

I wrote recently about the Australian Rock Garden at the Arboretum & Botanic Garden at UC Santa Cruz, as a resource for home gardeners. For today’s column, we’ll outline the history, design and ...

Learn where to put it, what to fill it with, and how to keep it healthy. Olivia Young is a writer, fact checker, and green living expert passionate about tiny living, climate advocacy, and all things ...

I wrote recently about the Australian Rock Garden at the Arboretum & Botanic Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as a resource for home gardeners ...