Gardens

An old-fashioned Southern floral preservation technique is ripe for revival

A sampling of photos from the book My Floral Affair by designer Rachel Ashwell, the founder of the Shabby Chic brand.

A great garden is about so much more than good looks

You can add no more Southern a fruit to your yard than the thick-skinned, juicy muscadine grape. Here are three tips for growing your own

A new documentary tells the story of John Coykendall

A series of outdoor rooms make for one breathtaking lawn party

In the hills outside Asheville, a husband-and-wife team cultivates a three-acre dreamscape devoted to a mountain flower

Hall of Fame football coach, athletic director… master gardener? How the University of Georgia legend found a second love on the turf around Athens

How a Maryland couple brought a World War II–era garden back to life—and then some

Green-thumb your way through a slew of garden-inspired reads, from a farm-fresh cookbook to a collection of essays by beloved Southern naturalists

Finding countryside charm in Maryland

A closer look at contemporary floral design in a new book about farm-to-vase flowers

Just in time for julep season, get to know the first family of herbs

High in the mountains of Kentucky, a young garden designer adds his signature touch to a landscape decades in the making

A young garden designer adds his signature touch to a landscape decades in the making

Eudora and her mother, Chestina, designed a mystical place with camellias, flowering arbors, and peaceful “rooms”

Expert advice for sending beautiful blooms

A Dallas landscape architect reinvents his garden, marrying English traditional with Lone Star tough

Historic Charleston Foundation celebrates its 70th Annual Festival of Houses and Gardens beginning March 16. Step into three of the city’s most charming private green spaces

Bunny Williams, one of the world’s most respected interior designers, has spent her career teaching folks that style doesn’t trump comfort––and that there should always be room for the dogs