The garden sits nestled in coastal Encinitas, where the marine layer creates a natural air conditioning system that keeps temperatures pleasant even during Southern California’s warmer months. It’s ...

When it comes to being a good host, it's all about the little details. Here are half a dozen simple touches that will make a ...

Coleus can also take direct sun in cooler gardens. Coleus is just as much a favorite houseplant as it is a garden subject.

To realize his vision, Rondinone found an expert collaborator in landscape designer Dennis Schrader of Landcraft Design ...

Sometimes the beauty of a garden draws people in for a visit, while other times the location is already a destination, and ...

The second morning of the Southern Garden Symposium had local artists painting under dappled light coming through the live oaks at Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site. Gardeners, painters and ...

Have you noticed some red flowers popping up lately, seemingly out of nowhere? Chances are you have been graced by the presence of hurricane lilies. These flowers tend to show up in August and ...

The 10th annual Dine in the Dirt event for the Southern Boone Learning Garden kicked off Sunday amidst afternoon storms. The event is the garden's biggest fundraiser for funding compost, rebuilding ...

Chris Frehner wasn’t a fan of tomatoes until about a decade ago. “I was living in a home that had a tomato plant, and I was like, I hate tomatoes,” he said. “And then I had a tomato off of the tomato ...

At last week’s Nash County Board of Education meeting, the school board unanimously awarded the design contract for the new Southern Nash Middle School to Oakley Collier Architects to design the new ...

Small walled gardens, water features, shade structures, and ornamental tiles are all common features of Southern gardens introduced to the Southeast by Spanish explorers and colonists in the 16 th ...