The shady areas around our homes are pleasant, but often, they are bare spots devoid of flowering plants. Many perennials, annuals, and shrubs can brighten up those partially to fully shaded areas ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Korean artist Lee Ufan's work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, the Tate Gallery in London, the Centre Georges ...

Most gardeners view any type of landscaping with an approving eye, even if it isn’t something they would or could do themselves. While formal gardens like the classic French landscaping at the Palace ...

Kate Karam believes there’s something soul-satisfying about woodland gardens and it’s something that Monrovia, the California nursery she works for, sees as a growing gardening trend. “We believe ...

Cultivating a woodland garden can be both magical and practical. If you have space in your yard with plenty of shade trees or even dense cover, you have the ideal environment for shade-loving plants.

All week, we’re revisiting the most popular stories of 2025, including this one from July. A shade garden is a green and contemplative refuge. It can also be a botanical calendar, with flowers ...

People see shade in the garden as a curse because it cuts down on the flower display, but a cultivated woodland garden is about as sublime a place as I can imagine. To succeed, the woodland garden ...

When Jack and Carolyn Landgrebe moved into their unassuming ranch house just south of Hillcrest School in 1963, the yard consisted of a few small locust trees. But during the past 42 years, their ...

Gardening isn’t always about basking in glorious sunlight. Some plants practically revel in the quiet whispers of shade and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Drought-tolerant gardens are becoming increasingly popular for some excellent reasons. First of all, they reduce our dependence on water during the dry summers, when regional rainfall is minimal. Once ...