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4 WELCOMING GARDEN DESIGNS
Kristina Howley, Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
Imagine walking into a garden specifically created to welcome – to welcome your family and friends, to welcome delivery people, to welcome you and yours home. It embodies the feeling of love. The space has been carefully designed using a limited color palette, extravagant blooms, lush foliage, and rich fragrance. You’d feel comfortable and excited for the moments to come.
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CELEBRATE AMERICA'S 250th WITH ANNUALS
Delilah Onofrey, Suntory Flowers
We have an opportunity to celebrate a major milestone – the 250th anniversary of the United States of America! You can mark this milestone with a personal touch by planting a few pots incorporating red, white and blue annuals. Fortunately, many of our top-performing varieties are available in these core colors. It’s an easy theme you can carry through your gardening season.
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NEW INTROS FOR 2026!
Dan Heims, Terra Nova
Yikes, campers! While you are poring through those seed catalogs, Terra Nova has been terribly busy starting off a new stable of cultivars for 2026. We’ve just about lost count of all the new or first time ever offered varieties. The count is over thirteen hundred over the last thirty-four years! Today we have three new plants for your future garden.
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LOW MAINTENANCE, HIGH IMPACT ANNUALS NO GARDEN SHOULD BE WITHOUT
Susan Martin, Proven Winners
If the budget is tight and free time is even harder to come by, you don’t need to forfeit your dreams of having a beautiful garden – you simply need to be smart about what you plant. Here are three types of annuals that offer loads of color without demanding your constant attention or breaking the bank.
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TOP GARDEN DESIGN TRENDS YOU'LL BE SEEING EVERYWHERE IN 2026
Kathleen Hennessy, Monrovia
The 2026 gardening season is here, and whether you’re planning or planting, there are a few trends you need to know about. This year is all about making the most of your outdoor space, creating a garden that is uniquely yours.
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WHERE DO BUMBLE BEES GO IN WINTER?
Wayside Gardens
How bumble bees nest, overwinter, and what your garden can do to help.
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5 TOP HOUSEPLANTS FOR FIRST TIMERS
Justin Hancock, Costa Farms
Here are five indoor plants practically anyone can grow. They’re perfect for gifting, if you’ve not had success with indoor plants in the past, or just want to add more easy-care varieties to your collection.
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HOW TO BUILD A DEER-RESISTANT GARDEN
GrowJoy
Every gardener knows the heartbreak: you plant a bed full of beautiful perennials, only to find them nibbled down overnight. Deer are opportunistic eaters, and when natural food is scarce, landscaped gardens quickly become an easy meal. With a few smart design choices, you can build a garden that deer are far more likely to avoid.
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HELPING TO TAME WINTER FOR YOUR BIRDS
Wild Birds Unlimited
A high fat diet…the medical books say it’s just not good for us. Well, it’s a good thing that birds can’t read! Because a diet high in fat is an absolute necessity for many of them to be able to survive the rigors of winter.
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RESOLVE TO PLANT HERBS THIS YEAR!
Camille Werther, GardenSMART
Did you make a nutritional resolution this year? If it includes more home-cooked meals, consider planting herbs to help boost flavor and reduce the amount of salt. Herbs are easy to grow and can be ornamental, too. From pesto to persillade, you can use herbs from your garden to make your meals more flavorful and enjoyable.
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FRESH FOR 2026: NEW SEEDS, SMART PLANTS, AND EASIER WAYS TO GARDEN
Park Seed
This year’s newest seeds and plants make growing easier, tastier, and more rewarding than ever.
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ROSE CARE, RIGHT ON TIME
Jackson & Perkins
Timing is everything. Use this simple, zone-based calendar to know exactly when to prune, feed, and care for your roses month by month, season by season.
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HOW TO BUILD A SEED-STARTING CALENDAR THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
Ashleigh Smith, True Leaf Market
There are a million ways to build a seed-starting calendar, but not every method works well. Here, we are going to outline the best way to build a seed-starting calendar that will carry you from sowing to harvesting for a successful season of growing.
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EVEN IN JANUARY IT'S TIME TO GET SOWING
Hartley Botanic
It is not always practical to grow everything from seed so make two lists: one of plants to sow and another to buy as ‘plug plants.'
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LOW MAINTENANCE IMPATIENS FOR SUN AND SHADE
Melinda Myers
Impatiens’ easy-care nature, season-long bloom, and shade tolerance made it one of the most popular garden annuals. The introduction of downy mildew-resistant varieties has helped it maintain this status.
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HOW-TO: BUILDING A SMALL WATER GARDEN
Eric loves Leeann's tub garden. It is full of aquatic life and joy. It's a place for birds to come and take a sip of water, and it provides beauty every day. Watch the video...
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A BEAUTIFUL TAPESTRY OF GARDENING AND WILDLIFE
In this episode GardenSMART visits a special place where gardening and wildlife care are woven together into a beautiful tapestry. Carolina Avian Research and Education gives sanctuary to rare and endangered birds from around the world. Owner Leeann Shearouse is also an internationally recognized plant hybridizer. Learn more...
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