Enjoy delicious, homegrown food before the bugs do. "You may have heard some individuals claim that planting marigolds in your garden can help prevent bug infestations in your beloved garden plants.

Author of the 2006 regional best-selling novel "Time in a Garden," Mary Agria is an 8-time first prize winner of the Michigan ...

Marigolds are wonderfully beneficial for many other plants, making them the perfect companion for any garden. lazybones1987 / Getty Images Marigolds are not only a beautiful addition to any garden, ...

Explore the many marigold uses including a guide to growing marigolds, cooking with edible marigolds, and valuable companion planting. The bright marigolds flanking my doorway and alternating with the ...

Marigolds make a great annual bedding plant. They are also very popular and a well-used annual for the vegetable garden. There is certainly a large variety to choose from for adding to your landscape.

Visitors to my garden frequently comment, upon seeing a few marigold plants growing in my vegetable beds, that I must have planted them for pest control. After all, marigolds are supposed to be one of ...

Marigolds are popular annuals of the Aster family and are in the genus Tagetes. They are native to the Americas, from the southwestern USA to Argentina. Marigolds were sacred plants of the Aztec ...

Marigolds are the flower of October. I have always loved Marigolds, not just because October is my birth month, but for their beautiful bronze, bright red-orange and yellows flowers. They add a nice ...

Marigolds are beautiful, beneficial plants that deter pests and attract pollinators. Because of their many helpful traits, marigolds make the ideal companion plant for numerous flowers, vegetables, ...