Ideas & Inspiration
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Grow a Garden From Your Favorite Decade! This Easy Planting Guide Captures the Essence of Each Era From the Past CenturyCapture your favorite parts of the past with a garden inspired by your favorite decade from the last century. Here's how to do it.
By Teo Spengler
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This One Evergreen Plant Will Hide Ugly Garden Spots – and Make Your Garden Smell IncredibleWhat’s better than a problem-solving plant? One that looks as good as it smells...
By Kayleigh Dray
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10 Solar Fountain Ideas For a DIY Garden Water Feature – It Takes Minutes to Make & Brings Soothing Sound to Your PatioA cheap solar-powered floating water fountain and a container are all you need to create a backyard micropond that sounds as beautiful as it looks.
By Emma Kendell
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Forget White Picket Fences; Paint Your Fence This Color to Add Serious Value in 2026Designers are embracing invisible boundaries right now, and this one shade is set to make your garden feel bigger, greener, and far more expensive...
By Kayleigh Dray
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Meet Your Birth Month Garden Guardian – And The Magical Meaning Behind All 12 Folklore CreaturesFrom fairies to woodland spirits, everyone has a garden guardian worth daydreaming about. And, yes, yours is linked to your birth month...
By Kayleigh Dray
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My Front Yard Stays Private All Year Round Thanks To This One Plant – It Shields My Home From Nosy Neighbors PerfectlyThis glossy evergreen is my absolute favorite when it comes to privacy plants.
By Kayleigh Dray
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ALDI’s New Outdoor Rugs Turn a Backyard From Drab to Fab, Fast – it’s the $25 Spring Upgrade Your Garden’s Been Waiting ForAn outdoor rug brings instant style to a patio or deck, creating an outdoor living vibe as well as being soft underfoot for a barefoot backyard summer.
By Emma Kendell
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Zach Galifianakis reveals the 5 best vegetables to grow for beginners – but there’s a catchEarnest, funny, and exclusive. Here, Zach Galifianakis shares his favorite edimentals to grow as a beginner.
By Kayleigh Dray
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Color-Pop Patio Tables For a Fast, Affordable Garden Upgrade This SpringBring a splash of color to your backyard without breaking the bank – these stylish dopamine-dose outdoor coffee tables are all under $135, and the cheapest costs less than $25!
By Emma Kendell
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Hacker or Manicurist? Your Pruning Style Says A Lot About You – And The Plants You Should GrowDid you know the way you prune reveals more about you than you think? Here’s what it says about your personality – and the plants you should be growing.
By Kayleigh Dray
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Why Zach Galifianakis’s New Gardening Show Belongs On Your Netflix Must-WatchlistA genuinely joyful gardening series? We can’t wait to get stuck into this one…
By Kayleigh Dray
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9 Fabulously Fragrant Plants That Will Perfume Your Garden All Through Those Hazy Summer NightsLooking every bit as beautiful as they smell, these plants are the perfect addition to any garden or patio.
By Kayleigh Dray
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House Full of Odd Socks? Here’s 3 Ways to Put Them to Work in the GardenIf your home seems to be plagued by sock-stealing goblins, don’t despair. Those lonely odd socks hiding in the laundry basket can become surprisingly useful tools in the garden.
By Kayleigh Dray
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Cold Nights Killing Your Plants? This New ‘Growing Bubble’ Trend Could Be the Best Way to Keep Them SafeMove over greenhouses; there’s a new biodome in town (and it’s perfect for small spaces).
By Kayleigh Dray
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Egg Chairs Are the Easiest Way to Cozy Up Your Patio – Here Are 6 on Sale Right NowSay hello to this summer’s coziest patio trend.
By Kayleigh Dray
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This IKEA Patio Privacy Screen is the Easy Upgrade Your Garden Needs for Spring – but There Are Plenty More to Choose FromWant privacy, designer style and flexibility for outdoor living? A garden screen is the instant no-sweat solution.
By Emma Kendell
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Gothic Romance Is 2026’s Most Dramatic Garden Trend – Here Are 7 Easy Ways to Embrace the MoodHey, if you can't have Jacob Elordi lift you by your corsets on a wind-tossed moor, it's the next best thing...
By Kayleigh Dray

