6 ORNAMENTAL TREES YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE FOR YOUR GARDEN

Arricca Sansone, Proven Winners® ColorChoice®

Your yard overflows with colorful annuals, perennials and shrubs, but you may be missing something. Adding a small tree to your landscape makes your garden uniquely yours.

THREE HEUCHERA FOR THOSE TEENY, SPECIAL PLACES

Dan Heims, Terra Nova

Hiya campers! Ah, you can feel it in the wind; fall is upon us. Fall’s a great time for editing . . . your garden. While the Heuchera with the big showy leaves catch most collectors’ eyes, there’s another class we need to meet, The City Series.

SPLENDOR IN THE PARKS

Delilah Onofrey, Suntory Flowers

Once upon a time, there was a concept called knee-high gardening – adding taller bedding plants behind your lower border plants. These same varieties are well-suited to picking a vase of flowers each week and cottage-style bouquets. Granvia bracteanthas are perfect for this and look amazing in mass plantings. 

DELVE INTO THE DRAMATIC FOR SPOOKY FALL CONTAINERS

Kathleen Hennessy, Monrovia

Dark, moody hues can create the perfect fall palette in the garden. This on-trend design style can be especially fun for spooky season decorating. Choosing plants in dark, dramatic colors adds depth and drama to containers and the landscape. Here are a few to add to your fall garden now.

5 HARVEST-WORTHY PLANTS FOR FALL DECOR

Susan Martin, Proven Winners

Ready to decorate for fall? Before you shop, check your garden. Everything you need might be waiting right outside your back door. We’ll show you five kinds of plants to look for that’ll be uniquely beautiful in fall arrangements and crafts, plus leave you with a few handy harvesting tips.

HOW TO KEEP MUMS BLOOMING & PUMPKINS FRESH THIS FALL

GrowJoy

Fall decorating isn’t complete without bright, cheerful mums and festive pumpkins. But once they’re home, many people wonder how long they’ll last — and what they can do to make them last longer. The good news is, with a little care, you can enjoy your mums in full bloom for weeks and keep your pumpkins looking fresh through the season.

5 SIMPLE WAYS TO KEEP HOUSEPLANT PESTS OUT OF YOUR HOME

Justin Hancock, Costa Farms

If you’re a gardener, you probably already keep an eye out for aphids on tender new growth, beetles chewing holes in leaves, or caterpillars munching their way through the vegetable garden. But when you bring plants indoors, you may be less enthusiastic about sharing your living space with six-legged visitors.



6 FALL PERENNIAL SEEDS FOR DAZZLING SPRING COLOR

Ashleigh Smith, True Leaf Market

The best time to plant many perennial flowers isn’t spring. Fall dormant sowing actually provides the perfect natural growing conditions these flowers would experience in the wild.

CLEANING THE GREENHOUSE FOR WINTER

Angela Drake, BC Greenhouse Builders

By October, a greenhouse carries the story of the whole growing season. There may be soil beneath the benches, dried leaves tucked into corners, water marks on the glazing, and a few determined tomatoes still hanging on. It is evidence of a space that has been well loved.

EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF FALL AT GIBBS GARDENS' 'TSUKIYAMA'

Barbara Schneider

Fall’s beauty and dazzling autumn color arrive first at “Tsukiyama,” Gibbs Gardens’ Japanese hill-and-pond stroll garden. Covering more than 40 acres, it’s considered the largest Japanese Garden in the nation.

TRICK OR TREAT IS FOR THE BIRDS!

Wild Birds Unlimited

OK…it’s October…so you have to believe that we would find a way to make a connection between your backyard birds and Halloween. But trick or treat? This ought to be fun!

ELEVATE YOUR LANDSCAPE WITH RETAINING WALLS THAT PERFORM AND PROTECT

Hartstone Tile

When designing hardscapes, you should never have to choose between structural reliability and aesthetic elegance. Retaining walls serve a vital function by stabilizing slopes, controlling erosion, and managing ground movement.

KEEP THE HARVEST GOING AFTER THE GARDEN SLEEPS

Park Seed

Your squash harvest can outlast the growing season. A few smart steps now can mean homegrown meals later. Learn when to pick, which squash need curing, and how to give your harvest a longer stay in storage.

WHAT TO PRUNE IN FALL

Wayside Gardens

Pruning is a key part of long-term plant health and garden performance. In fall, pruning plays a specific role: preparing your plants for winter while laying the groundwork for a strong return in spring.

A GARDENER'S FAVORITE GIFT? A LITTLE WINTER WOW

Jackson & Perkins

The garden may be winding down, but a gardener’s love of flowers never takes a season off. From velvety reds to butterfly-like blooms, discover amaryllis gifts for gardeners.



ADD COLORFUL CROTONS FOR INDOOR FALL DÉCOR

Melinda Myers

Bring a little fall color indoors by adding a croton to your indoor garden. Their colorful leaves echo many fall colors in the landscape, including red, yellow, orange, green and purple.

A FUN, EASY PROJECT FOR THE HOME GARDENER

In this video, Eric talks to Dr. Paul Cappiello from Yew Dell Gardens about a simple, fun and practical tunnel structure a home gardener can build. Watch the video...

A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY AND TRIAL GARDEN

In this episode, GardenSMART travels to Crestwood, Kentucky to visit Yew Dell Gardens, an internationally recognized center for gardening, plants and education. Eric is joined by Yew Dell's Executive Director Paul Cappiello. Learn more...