When I'm designing a garden for a client a hedge is often the number one priority when starting out. Many people look on hedges as a low maintenance screening option but still grumble at giving them a ...

Hedges haunted my dreams when I was kid. My family had a laurel hedge that was home to rodents and garter snakes and always needed trimming. Nowadays, I have a much better candidate for a hedge.

Lush growth on lawns, shrubs and trees testifies ample rainfall. If your walkways have crowded with new branches that swish as you pass by, or plants — like the rosemary in my garden — that usually ...

Gardening is in full swing and if you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and Master ...

Before I was born, way back in 1950, one of my relatives by marriage who wasn’t asked to join the Junior League built the biggest house in town. An intuitive designer, she understood the concept of ...