Going nuts planning summer activities? Kids overdosing on screen time? It may be time to foster more self-directed play

Grow your own beans for amazing variety and healthy, convenient produce all summer

Balance garden color with this shrub's cool blue-green foliage, luminous when backlit and sporting yellow-green flowers in spring

With just 8 feet or so, you can turn a plain side yard into a garden that lets you get carried away

It may feel as though you're too busy to slow down and enjoy life. But even little changes can have a big effect

Free wood? We're so in. Salvage a pallet or other cast-off wood to make delightfully distressed frames that fit almost any decor

Sink into a new generation of squishy, go-anywhere seating

It's invasive, a nonnative and a poor insect magnet. Check out these better alternatives to butterfly bush in the garden

With a rubbery texture and cartoon-like branches, this succulent brings an unusual, exotic energy to landscapes and container gardens

It might rev you up or wear you down. Learn what the experts have to say about using this complex color at home