Gardens

One North Carolina farmer has made it his mission to bring back the wild grasses and flowers that once carpeted the Southern landscape—one seed at a time

Swing open the gates to some of the South’s most stunning public and private floral sanctuaries during four upcoming tours

Summers in Mississippi spark a fiesta-ready Mexican paradise

A serendipitous collaboration unites the quirky facets of a home in North Carolina

Symmetry and surprise blossom side by side in this Georgia garden

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