These days, habitat gardens are all the rage among eco-conscious Californians. They add native plants to their yards, patios or even balconies to provide food and shelter for wildlife. But here’s the ...

Planters and pots make for a charming container garden. But they come with a drawback: Less soil means more watering. This ...

A water garden can be the focal point of your backyard landscape, and you don’t even need a large yard to build one. Contrary to popular belief, you won’t even need pumps or filters to create a ...

Have you ever driven by someone’s home and noticed a lush, green raised garden bed over flowing with flowers and plants? Or have you seen the boxes placed on a friend’s patio and thought “how on Earth ...

The finished red starburst on the top of the mason jar rim symbolizes fire, one of the five natural elements included in this project. Feng shui is based on the idea that our homes are a mirror of our ...

Looking for fun DIY bamboo projects? Learn how you can add beauty to your patio or deck with this containerized water garden that has a bamboo fountain. For this containerized water garden we used a ...

Wanita Wright’s backyard pond near Central and 143rd East will be on the Kansas Pond Society’s Water Garden Tour June 18-19. The pond was made by Wright and her late husband by converting the pool and ...

In flood-prone southern Louisiana, the problem with water is usually that there’s too much of it. But during dry periods, weeks can go by without a good rain. This spring brought a lengthy dry spell ...

DIY water features instructor Andrew Chaves and his wife, Amanda (not pictured), dug out the roughly 4-by-6-foot hole required to install this preformed pond in their ...

So you don't have the space, know-how or budget to build a pond? Plant a water garden with a bubbler in a container, and place it on a patio, deck or by the front door. Use a watertight container that ...