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Issue 88 How to Make Willow Edging

Garden Gate — Issue 88, we showed you four great-looking styles of garden edging. Watch this video to learn how to create the graceful edging made from willow rods. This video requires you to have the newest version of the Adobe Flash plugin installed. If you ...More…

Simple and Stunning

Garden Gate — Want to relax? It doesn't get much more soothing than a patio in your own back yard, especially if the patio offers shade, privacy and lots of colorful flowers. Take a look at our plan to learn how to incorporate all three into your own garden ...More…

Issue 88 Plants Toxic to Fish

Garden Gate — Designing a garden around a pond or water feature involves more than using plants that thrive in those types of conditions. If you have fish in your pond, plant choices are even more important. Your fish may appreciate the shade cast from plants ...More…

Issue 88 Plants That Don't Do Well With Division

Garden Gate — Division is a great way to get more plants without having to pay for them. However, not every plant tolerates this propagation method very well. You can divide them if you absolutely have to. But generally if a plant has a tap root or brittle ...More…

Improve Your View

Garden Gate — What do you do when the "centerpiece" of your front yard is a utility box? Don't despair - it's still possible to have a beautiful garden. Just click through for our plan to help you hide the uglies and create a gorgeous front yard! To ...More…

How to Eradicate Weeds

Garden Gate — Once a weed has sprouted, you have a few ways of dealing with it. The sooner you catch it, the easier it will be to remove. Spraying herbicides on seedlings that could be hoed or pulled is probably overkill. On the flipside, once a perennial weed ...More…

Issue 89 Invasive Plants

Garden Gate — Invasive plants are invading North America at an alarming rate. Want to determine if an aggressive plant is likely to escape and run rampant? Here are five links that can help. United State Department of Agriculture Natural Resources and ...More…

Simply Elegant

Garden Gate — Need to jazz up your entryway planting a bit? How about a well-planned medley of pinks and burgundies? Our easy-care mix of shrubs and colorful perennials will keep any front-door planting looking great all year long. To download the file, most ...More…

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Garden Gate — If you're having trouble with voles devouring your plant roots and crowns, try this protective caging designed by Mary Rew in Virginia. The voles in Mary's garden love to eat her hosta roots. After a lot of frustration and heartbreak, she came up ...More…

The Master Plan: Start From Scratch

Garden Gate — Miss the first installment of our garden design series? Good news! It's not too late to learn how to do a site evaluation and turn it into a base map. That's your first step to creating the garden of your dreams. To download the file, most of you ...More…

Issue 90 Best Mail-Order Web Sites

Garden Gate — Online shopping is simple and quick, and there are thousands of plant Web sites - but how do you find the best places to shop? In issue 90, we shared our ten favorite sites and why we love them. Here are the links to those sites plus 20 more of ...More…

Plant a Colorful Berm

Garden Gate — A berm is a great way to add height, shape and privacy to a garden. But once you've built one, you need to choose the right plants. Let's take a look at a colorful, sunny, easy-care planting that will dress up any garden.More…