Garden Gate

You CAN create the garden of your dreams with Garden Gate magazine! Every issue is packed with must-have plants, reader tips, simple time- and money-saving ideas, step-by-step, how-to help and the inspiration you need to create a gorgeous garden year after year.

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Reader Tips • GREAT IDEAS FROM SMART GARDENERS

HOW TO SPOT A DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANT • All plants transpire — take in moisture from the soil and lose it through their foliage. But some leaves naturally do this slowly, allowing them to be more drought-tolerant. Here are five common leaf characteristics that help plants survive dry conditions and a few plant picks for each.

Dynamic Duos

Creating Gardens for Conversation

Grow a Colorful Shade Garden

WHICH ANNUAL VINE IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

Daylily • This reliable perennial is anything but boring! Meet your new favorite varieties and learn their growing secrets.

No-Spray Bug Solutions • Try a few of these 7 methods to deter bugs without resorting to pesticides.

Harvest Helper • How to know when vegetables are ripe for the picking.

A Garden for Exploring • Meander through the paths of this beautiful — and dog friendly! — garden filled with upcycled treasures.

DESIGN CHALLENGE

4 Garden Goofs

Q & A • DO YOU HAVE GARDEN QUESTIONS? WE HAVE ANSWERS!

WEED WATCH

GARDEN ESSENTIALS • GARDEN HOSE ACCESSORIES

Bring the Warmth of the Sahara to Your Garden

LESSONS FROM AN ART TEACHER • LEARN HOW TO APPLY THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD DESIGN TO YOUR GARDEN.

FINISHING TOUCHES

Salad with a Side of Slug