With bold purple flowers easily accessible to pollinators, New England aster offers loads of interest in the autumn garden

Powered by sunshine and built with salvaged materials, this Canadian home is an experiment for green building practices

As glorious as their high-maintenance kin for a fraction of the work, Knock Out roses make even beginners look like garden stars

Terrific at filling gaps and in a wide range of colors and shapes, sedum is a problem solver in the garden

Quit cringing. This not-weed plant is a sight to behold in the garden, has a delicious vanilla scent and is a magnet for butterflies

See an ancient building technique that’s held stone walls together without mortar for centuries

Prolific purple blooms, fragrant leaves, and cold-hardiness makes this a go-to plant for almost any garden

Try this fast-growing ground cover for easy masses of gold and green in the garden

Nourish butterflies and other winged creatures with the tubular flowers of Monarda fistulosa, a pretty pink native

Buttonbush is an adaptable woody shrub with delightful pincushion flowers