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Design Shortcut for a Backyard Makeover: Yardenalities™ 2.0
Love a little formality? You can create any garden style with native plants.
How to Create a Beautiful, Peaceful Garden Shed
And is this plant invasive? Here's how to find out.
Fall Chores to Transform Your Yard
Plus, the surprising No. 1 component of successful planting
Why Managing Gophers Wisely Matters
And how mountain lions — AKA pumas, cougars, and panthers – earn their poster child status
Planting to Beat the Heat
Trees and shrubs are also an easy solution to reducing your lawn
Cut Flower Arrangements With Native Plants
Celebrate the delicate beauty of your native plants in cut flower arrangements.
The Fast, Cheap Way to a Nice Enough Native Plant Landscape
Or, how we transformed Lila’s yard in a weekend
Vibrant Native Plants for Shade
Incredible species for your woodland garden — plus, why and how to order plugs for spring planting.
75 Fabulous Native Shrubs and Trees
These keystone species are as easy and beautiful as they are important.
How to Design Outdoor Lights
And affordably make an actually awesome home and yard (that’s also safe for wildlife)
Spring Already? Native Flowers for Now
Light up your shade with these early-spring-flowering natives
Firescaping to Protect Your Family from Wildfires
Discover your wildfire risk and learn to maintain a safely wild yard.
Answers to Your Meadow Seeding Questions
Plus, discover how bird species are faring in your town.