Keep the garden colorful with these stalwart perennials

Here's how to help your garden thrive from the hot, dry month of August through fall

Relish the last month of summer with an installation at the Neutra House, a retrospective exhibit at Yale or a New England sketch crawl

Follow this guide to learn how water moves through your landscape and how best to manage it

Make your home safe and secure and start getting organized for fall

Pick the peppers and drink in the scent of lilies this month, while you mull over a mowing strip to make fall gardening easier

Sniff out mildew, ramp up home security and get down to other tasks before summer is over and out

It's hot in the August garden! Cool off with airy grasses and tactile plants that catch the breeze

Deadheading perennials, cutting raspberry canes and preparing for the onion harvest keeps Northwest gardeners busy in August

Look to low-tech solutions for big energy savings when you’re constructing a home