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• How To Make a Raised Bed Garden  

  Planting vegetables or flowers in a raised bed amps up your landscape and harvest.

• How to Use Ornamental Grasses in Midwest Gardens  

  Get the most out of your ornamental grasses with our 10 landscaping tips.

• Garden Lessons from a Midwest Blog  

  A young couple realized their dream of getting back to the earth when they purchased a small Iowa farm.

• Wake Up Your Winter Garden  

  Though it's not a bloom blast, a winter garden offers its own version of beauty. Here are 7 ways to perk up your ya...

• Host a Plant-Swap Garden Party  

  Get your green-thumbed pals together to trade plants, swap tips and maybe even enjoy a scone or two as the spring g...

• 5 Cool New Midwest Plants for 2011  

  Add punch to your garden with the latest Midwest-friendly plants. Looks that have gardeners talking this year: bold...

• 10 Midwest Plants for Instant Fall Color  

  Yellow, orange, red and purple: Get gorgeous autumn foliage instantly with these color-drenched shrubs and perennia...

• Best Ornamental Grasses for Midwest Gardens  

  Ornamental grasses add easy, airy beauty to Midwest gardens.

• Perfect Partners for Ornamental Grasses  

  Get the most from your ornamental grasses by pairing them with these plants.

• Best Ornamental Grasses for Midwest Gardens  

  Ornamental grasses add easy, airy beauty to Midwest gardens.

• 5 Hot Hosta Plants  

  American Hosta Society members voted these hostas as their most recent top picks. All are easy to find and grow wel...

• 10 Top Succulent Plants for the Midwest  

  Succulents are easy to grow, stingy with water and rich in texture and shape. Here are 10 of our top choices for se...

• 14 Time-Saving Tips for Gardeners  

  Embrace a natural, livable space that looks great without hours of work.

• 20 Secrets to Landscape Success  

  Create a knockout yard with these simple strategies.

• Host a Plant-Swap Garden Party  

  Get your green-thumbed pals together to trade plants, swap tips and maybe even enjoy a scone or two as the spring g...

• How to Make Your Backyard a Vacation Oasis  

  Vacation can be as close as your backyard. Check out 10 ways to make your outdoor space a peaceful retreat.

• Best Plants Under Big Trees  

  Use our tips to master one of gardening's biggest challenges--growing plants in dry shade.

• 10 Top Summer Plant Pairs  

  Energize a sleepy yard with easy-to-grow perennial partners perfectly suited to Midwest summers.

• 15-Minute Garden Projects  

  Pull together one of our 9 quick-and-easy garden projects to infuse your outdoor space with personal style.

• Garden Art Anyone Can Create  

  Create instant interest in your yard with garden art made from recycled or inexpensive materials.

• 10 Garden Questions You're Afraid to Ask  

  Maybe there are no dumb questions, but some may seem so basic you hesitate to ask. Relax--you're not alone (and if ...

• Best Plants for a Slope  

  An Illinois master gardener shares her tips for taming a difficult landscape.

• Create Mosaic Magic in Your Garden  

  Add personality to your garden with easy mosaic projects you create from pieces of tile, pottery and glass.

• 9 Ways to Create a Garden Path  

  Smart garden path materials effectively balance aesthetics and functionality.

• 8 Tips for a 'Green' Garden  

  Adopting earth-friendly gardening habits is easier than you may think. And--bonus!--the ideas on these slides save ...

• Butterfly-friendly Plants

  Gorgeous, gossamer-winged creatures float through your yard, gliding from blossom to blossom. Here's how to help th...

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• Great Garden Cover-Ups  

  Even the most beautiful yards have a few blemishes.

• Fabulous Fall Plant Combinations  

  Fall's striking seasonal colors get even bolder with winning garden combinations.

• Create a Winter Bird Buffet  

  Prepare a beautiful and bountiful buffet for your feathered friends (and OK, that pesky squirrel, too) and also dre...

• 7 Fall Garden Bargain Tips  

  As the growing season comes to an end, smart shoppers can snap up plants at bargain prices.