Pluck your own sweet strawberries right from the garden vine for smoothies, salads or eating then and there

Fertilize strawberries, plant a tree or two and beckon hummingbirds to your Southern garden this month

Active green thumb or not, top priorities for peak fruit and veggie season: watering, feeding, keeping up with growth

If you like an abundance of plants — and visits from birds, bees and butterflies — this may be the style of yard for you

Have you been taken in by these fallacies about gardening with native plants?

Share pictures of your home and yard this summer — we’d love to feature them in an upcoming story

Use them as problem solvers, weed killers, color and texture providers ... ground cover plants have both practical and visual appeal

The exuberant mop-headed beauties evoke dreams of an endless summer by the sea

Consider the joys of an irregularly trimmed meadow lawn: It’s ecofriendly, visually interesting and still good for romping

With their lavender fields, stone walls and meandering pathways, the gardens of Provence brim with charm and beauty