Gardening Benefits

In addition to producing food, a garden can connect you to family, help you though hard times, and even show you a new path.

Gardens bring joy. This guide to starting one includes tips on choosing pots, planters, and containers for any micro-plot or patio corner.

In a world that constantly demands our fixation, a garden can serve as a quiet space and a natural classroom.

Many cultures associate mugwort with healing and lucid dreaming. Give it a spot in your garden, and even infuse mugwort into dumplings.

Growing luffa, a gourd native to Southeast Asia, teaches a lesson about patience, paying attention, and persistence. 

Taste and zero-waste are the tenants of elder gardeners, who teach successive generations about using every part of a plant.

Even a fruitless garden can be a wellspring of abundance when you learn to appreciate your failures.

Learn about sustainable design, evoked by nature, in this book full of images of energetic, alluringly unkempt gardens. 

From plant to plate, get inspired by chef-gardeners who share their horticultural inspiration and culinary wisdom.