Trading homes for your vacation? Leave yours in great shape for your guests and help them enjoy a happy break with these 12 tips

See how a "hacked together" home became an urban neighborhood jewel

Beautiful swamp milkweed makes it easy to help monarchs and other pollinators in eastern U.S. gardens

Look for mining bees (Andrena) pollinating woodland wildflowers in U.S. gardens this spring

Passionate restoration and preservation efforts give a 1665 home an honored place in the present

Lucky grandchildren get a camp all to themselves, thanks to tents and a bathhouse with beds in their grandparents’ backyard

Tour a couple’s midcentury modern Illinois home, where floor-to-ceiling views of nature are all around

Corner sinks, floating vanities and tiny shelves — show us how you’ve made the most of a compact bathroom

If you like the look of cotton candy and the smell of roses and want an easy perennial, you're in luck with this plant

Once you discover bromeliads’ exotic beauty, wide-ranging colors and intriguing patterns, you’ll never go back