Tom Atwell

It was an good year in the garden, especially for the flowers.

In the not-too-distant past, raking was a standard fall chore. Now some say that raking the leaves in your yard hurts the natural world.

It's time to bring them back inside the house and give them a little TLC.

You can do so by planting cover crops, or mulching with items like grass clippings, compost or leaves.

But there's an exception to every rule: Several types of shrubs and certain pruning jobs are suitable for fall.

After a disappointing season last year, the flowers are blooming splendidly in 2024 and the harvest is early.

If you’re in the second camp, these tips may nudge you toward the first.

The late Currier McEwen of Harpswell hybridized dozens of Siberian irises. A collection of his irises will go on display at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

The process takes some time but is straightforward.

No need to be regimented inch by inch and row by row. Inject a bit of free spirit into your gardening style as a way to use up old seeds and discourage pests.

Barracuda, a project of universities in Maine and Vermont, gathers and shares data.

Pansies have figured out how as a response to the dire drop in pollinator numbers, but self-pollination produces weaker plants.

Columnist Tom Atwell is hopeful that in 2024, gardeners are doing more to help the environment. But climate change is beyond our (individual) control.

Don’t sweat the small stuff, columnist Tom Atwell vows to himself, but do play a part in fixing the big, ominous environmental picture.

That’s also the name of a nonprofit that is helping gardeners do just that.

Ireland’s National Botanic Gardens include more than 20,000 plants.

Flowers, seed heads, pumpkins, mushrooms, leaves and more all make for beautiful decor inside your home.

Blame the lack of sun and heat for the uneven blossoms and lackluster vegetable production.

Dazed and confused, or maybe just stressed, trees and shrubs that normally bloom in the spring are blooming this fall.

Marta McDowell’s ‘Gardening Can Be Murder’ looks at examples of where the hobby appears within this genre.