Al fresco living is having a moment. We’re all using our personal outdoor spaces more than ever, in fact, according to a recent survey conducted by TruGreen, folks are spending 14 hours a week outside ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Our fifth annual outdoor living design competition beckoned us to answer the call the wild. From Southern ...

Our sixth annual landscape design competition urged us to relish the restorative power of nature. The five winners of our 2025 World’s Most Beautiful Gardens range in locations, sizes, and styles—from ...

How can you tell if a snowman is mad at you? He gives you the cold shoulder. Snowman season will be with us for a while yet, but our winter landscapes needn’t look cold and dreary. We can enjoy ...

BOULDER – Having taken her first xeriscape class during the 1990s before installing a xeriscape garden in part of her yard, Dianne S. is a long-time advocate of xeriscape gardening. When she moved to ...

For VERANDA's first-ever World's Most Beautiful Gardens awards, our judges pored through scores of entries, seeking the landscapes with the strongest ground game. And what they found was garden gold, ...

According to HGTV, this historic garden is the best in Arizona. We couldn't agree more. Here's what sets the grounds apart.

Look closely. Signs of spring are everywhere. Tulips, daffodils and perennials are poking their way through cold soggy mulch in search of warm sunshine. Soon, our brown, ice-damaged urban landscape ...

Your landscape is very much like your home's interior decor. It grows old, sometimes tattered and torn, and needs updating from time to time. Sometimes, plantings need to be completely torn out and ...