Raised beds can help gardeners avoid water pooling and fungal problems. Beat the heat and keep your plants healthy with a bit of strategy and a few tricks while southern states’ gardening. The first ...

Find the right style to suit your outdoor space. Photography Ralph Anderson Southerners love a beautiful garden. And while plants will always be the spotlight, your garden fence deserves some love too ...

The Southern Garden History Society just wrapped up its annual meeting in Mobile, Alabama. My mentor Dr. William C. Welch introduced me to this group and as a lifetime member of this organization I’ve ...

BEECH ISLAND, S.C. (WJBF) – The last time Jenks Farmer was on “Your Hometown Road Trip,” he spoke about horticulture and growing your own path. The team revisited Jenks to talk about his new book ...

I recently overheard another Master Gardener state unequivocally that the Southern garden is defined by four plants: gardenia, magnolia, tea olive and camellia. Ironically, none of these classic ...

LEGUMES: Southern peas such as purple hulls, crowders, cream peas and black-eyed peas produce abundant crops during the summer. Plant the seeds in rows and thin young seedlings to stand four to six ...

Each year as we approach Independence Day, my landscape and garden begin a transition to what I like to call “second summer.” This is due to the heat and humidity that set in anywhere from late April ...

The appearance and fragrance of peonies evoke the best memories of Southern gardening. My mother had a bed of peonies along the driveway that made you roll down the window or stop the car to enjoy ...

As the year ends and the new begins, I feel that familiar excitement of a fresh start filled with possibilities. Whether I’m planning to expand my flower beds, start a vegetable patch or experiment ...

While preparations for the annual Southern Home and Garden Show begin a full year in advance, things really ramp up in the days before the event kicks off. That’s when vendors begin moving in, when ...