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As autumn paints the landscape with its rich palette of reds, oranges, and yellows, designing a fall garden that showcases maximum color contrast can transform your outdoor space into a stunning ...

Once again we come to that time of year when we have to say goodbye to the beauties of this year’s garden and get ready to ...

When I started, the conservatory wasn’t here, the Welcome Center wasn’t here. It's unbelievable how the garden has grown over the past 25 years," volunteer Maya Debrunner said.

The trend for drifts of perennial plants is easy to do in your own space if you start with combinations of two then push out ...

If you are looking to plant some of the longest-flowering perennials, it is hard to beat black-eyed Susans. These native ...

Maintaining privacy in the garden is a top priority for many British homeowners, with more than half considering their neighbours to be nosy. A recent survey revealed that 60 percent of Brits ...

A compact, clump-forming perennial, to around 50cm high, with branching stems and lance-shaped, toothed dark green leaves. Daisy-like flowers, with narrow, golden yellow petals and dark brown central ...

Perennial salvias come in a vast variety of styles, but the short and prolific summer flowering types, such as 'Amethyst', are easy and invaluable. The stems branch well from the base and the long ...

From the podcast The Beginner’s Garden, host Jill McSheehy recommends planting perennials, like ornamental shrubs or fruit-bearing trees, bushes and canes now. According to McSheehy, once the ...

Authorities in the west suburbs stopped a burglary in progress on Thursday morning, leading to a police pursuit on the Eisenhower Expressway, but officers were eventually able to catch the two ...