Smart, stylish edging ideas that define your beds without blowing your budget.

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Often the need arises for a border in one’s landscaping. Much more than a flower bed, incorporating shrubs and small trees, a border brings things together, linking one part of the garden with another ...

Purdue Landscape Report: It’s that wonderful time of year again where temps are rising, life is coming back into the landscape, and people are thinking about how to improve the urban canopy around ...

Clean lines around your flower beds and lawn make a big difference in your landscaping. If you have a well-manicured lawn and ...

Question: Is there anything I can use to keep ground bees away? I just found out I’m allergic to them last summer. Answer: The majority of native bees are solitary and ground nesting. They are docile, ...

There is an old adage that says the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago and the second-best time is today. That rings true in autumn in Greater Columbus as September and October can be the best ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Our recent column, “Thoughts about trees,” described the large trees in my garden, provided basic guidelines for tree care and promised a column about the ...

One of the landscaping issues often raised is the lack of small trees in a landscape. Too often landscapes include a lawn, small shrubs and tall shade trees with no small-size trees that would help ...