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The world of gardening is as vast as the imagination of each of us gardeners can make it. These reports highlight some of nature’s surprises.

Garden birds, learn to identify our singing and tweeting feathered garden friends

 Three different garden birds and how to identify them

Incredible edible, new urban vegetable patches

 Raised incredible edible garden bed in a city

Blooming Summer Garden Boxes

 Summer garden box planting arrangement ideas

A small patch of green

 Balcony with blue shutters and many plants

Tips to set up a deck or patio: balance furniture with plants

 Tips on how to set up a deck, terrace or patio

Urine for fertilizer, go from pissing poor to liquid gold!

 Urine, excellent garden fertilizer

Organic gardening ABCs – got the basics? We’ve got you covered!

 What is organic gardening exactly?

How to water in summer, new routines and drip systems

Topdressing, what is it?

 Topdressing, such as on this lawn, also applies to large pots and garden boxes.

Infusing lavender oil, a simple way to make scented lavender oil

 Infusing lavender oil

Potted plants, tips to make sure you succeed

 Growing potted plants

Buying a greenhouse, important selection criteria

Compost – uses in the garden

 Uses of compost

Cross-pollination, when genes mix to breed new plants

 What is cross-pollination

Save your Stephanotis from the cold, invite it in your house!

 Stephanotis laced into a wickered lattice (torches in this case).

Plant-based mulch: best plants and how to use it

 Plant mulch

How to improve cross-pollination

 improve pollination

Using Coffee Grounds in the Garden

 Used coffee grounds, with a few filters, collected on a gray tabletop before being used in the garden.

Raised garden, do all your gardening standing up!

 Raised gardening

Impact of insecticides on garden butterflies and bumblebees

 Impact of insecticides on garden butterflies and bumblebees

Sandy soil, which plants are best?

 A few plants thrive on sandy soil but most don't.

Indoor living plant wall, easy and impressive

 Indoor plant wall

Gardening by the moon, why it works and planting tips

 Gardening with the moon

5 ideas to organize your front garden

 Front garden landscaping ideas

Barberry bonsai, how to grow one from scratch

 Berberis bonsai grown from stump of a larger shrub.

Compost, recycle organic waste the right way

 Compost

Mediterranean garden planting ideas – Chelsea Highlight

 Mediterranean garden

Maritime pine bark, an excellent acidic mulch

 Pine bark mulch

Build a fabulous flower-filled stone wall in just 2 steps

 Flowers abound on this low stone wall

Oasis of moisture: create an exotic garden at home

 Create an exotic garden with endless lush growth

Mulch, a layer to protect and feed plants

 Mulching and mulch

Meditation gardens – gardens that help build inner strength

 Archway to a meditative garden

Using rainwater for the garden

 Rainwater tank connected to gutter spout

Wood chip mulch, excellent mulch and a great way to recycle garden waste

 Wood chip mulch with stones, juniper and walkway

Miniature man-made aquifer

 Two large pans filled with hydrogel water crystals crossed by an irrigation pipe provide a miniature man-made aquifer for plants.

Plant patent – how can anyone claim to own nature?

 Stylized tree in front of piles of coins.

Pot-in-pot technique for easy annuals

 An impatiens remains potted but benefits from being in the ground for water and nutrients.

A potted garden on a terrace with containers

 Ideas to decorate a terrace with container plants in pots

Allergic to pollen? Types of plants to avoid, and what to replace them with

 Plants that trigger allergy and those that don't

How to know your type of garden soil

 Sandy soil in a hand, the best way to identify the type of soil.

Soil mix, use, relevance and how to choose it

What’s the ideal layout for a raised garden?

 Raised garden layout

In spring and fall, succeed in planting… everything!

 Succeed in planting

Garden with your kids

 Grandfather unearthing a potato with a grandchild

Create a natural pond

 Lily flowers in a natural pond created in a garden.

Use dead leaves to fertilize and protect plants

 Dead leaf mulch

Grow a garden birds will love!

 Attracting birds to the garden means making them want to stay

A garden for all the senses

 sensory garden

Organic gardening, what is it?

 Pathway to organic gardening

Hydrogel water crystals to beat drought

 The sun is reflected in a swollen bead of hydrogel balls.

Propagate a mimosa tree from bark

 Two slabs of bark from a damaged tree recovered with sprouting mimosa tree shoots.