When you´re looking for garden gifts, books on plants are a great idea. Here are some titles that should have wide appeal.

For 2006, it´s easier than ever to find suitable gifts for gardeners. Gardening kits like the one described below are ideal.

Heirloom landscapes bring the past alive.

Give the gift of gardening by creating handcrafted holiday gifts with garden themes for those on your shopping list.

Withthe cost of so many things going up in 2006, it´s nice to know there are still affordable, tasteful holiday gifts. Here are some ideas for the holiday season.

When landscaping, we are always planning for the next season. For spring flowering bulbs, we have to plant them in the fall.

Though the summer has been hotter and drier than usual here in western North Carolina, it hasn´t keep my veggies and herbs from doin well.

How did my flowers do in 2006? Not ad, considering the entire season was drier and hotter than usual. In my discussion of specific varieties, I have put the source of my seeds in parentheses.

Here´s a summary of what did and didn´t go well in my garden during the 2006 gardening season.

2006 has been a banner year with a large number of herbaceous plants being designated as award winners. Here is a look at some of them.