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We're glad you're visiting our gardening resource. At Gardening you will find great resources, articles, links and more about gardening.

Gardening is the practice of growing plants for their attractive flowers or foliage, and vegetables or fruits for consumption. Gardening is a human activity used to produce edible foods and use plants to beautify their local environmental conditions. Its scale ranges: from fruit orchards, to long boulevards plantings with one or more different types of shrubs, trees and herbaceous plants, to residential yards including lawns and foundation plantings, to large or small containers grown inside or outside. Gardening may often be very specific, with only one type of plant grown, or involve a large number of different plants in mixed plantings. It involves an active participatation in the growing of plants and tends to be labor intensive, which differentiates it from farming or forestry.

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~ The Gardening Team

The Grounded Gardener: Plant a variety of bulbs for long-lasting color
Master Gardener Marty Wingate talks about bulbs.
The Worst Spot in Your Yard: Bringing balance to your yard
If you want to "even up" and soften this entry how about a soft peach and cream color scheme?
Just Ask: How a banana tree can survive the winter
Ask Marianne Binetti: Tips on how to overwinter a banana tree in the Northwest outdoors.
Edibles: Kebabs show prune's versatility
Edibles gardening expert Chris Smith discusses the positive aspects of Italian prunes, and offers a recipe pairing the prunes with ground lamb on skewers.
Winter survival tips for tender plants
Ciscoe Morris' To-Do List: Tips for helping tender fuchsias and pelargoniums survive the winter cold.
Green Gardening: Turn fallen leaves into garden gold
Garden expert Ann Lovejoy discusses using leaves as compost, and how to help food crops last into fall and winter.
Meet Our Experts
Here is the public appearance schedule during the next eight days for members of our garden writing team.
Plant Pick: Amaryllis belladonna (naked ladies)
Plant Pick: Amaryllis belladonna (naked ladies).
Garden Calendar
A look at upcoming gardening events.
Green Gardening: Arboretum sale is a fall highlight
Garden expert Ann Lovejoy recommends shopping at the Arboretum Foundation's annual bulb and plant sale in early October for great finds and great color in the coming winter, spring and summer.
Edibles: Peppers take to the NW rather well
Edibles gardening expert Chris Smith reports on his great success growing peppers in the Northwest.
Just Ask: A soapy end to spider mite drama
Ask Marianne Binetti offers a cure for spider mites that are attacking a gardenia houseplant.
Ciscoe Morris' To-do List: Dividing adds up to free plants
Ciscoe Morris' To-Do List: It's time to divide perennials that bloom in spring and summer. How to make new plants for free. Take cuttings from fuchsias and pelargoniums before it's too late.
The Grounded Gardener: Be prepared for the perennial that checks out early
Master Gardener Marty Wingate says many perennials that don't last are fine garden plants, as long as you are aware that they may not make it past the three-year mark.
Garden Book: 'Walks, Walls & Patio Floors'
Master Gardener Marty Wingate says many perennials that don't last are fine garden plants, as long as you are aware that they may not make it past the three-year mark.
Garden Calendar
A look at upcoming gardening events.