Gardening

Frost Bites

Time to Protect Your Plants from the Arctic Blast

Here's how to help your yard survive our upcoming weather woes.

12/19/2022 By Gwendolyn Knapp and Geneva Diaz

Where the Bees are

Hive Mind: Inside Houston's Buzziest Honey Collective

“If you feel something running down, that’s sweat. If you feel something running up, that’s a bee.”

09/23/2022 By Daniel Renfrow

Gardening

20 Houston Nurseries That Will Inspire Major Garden-Envy

In the market for native plants, succulents, or exotic specimens? These Houston-area nurseries cover your every gardening need.

08/11/2022 By Stephanie Bartels With Houstonia Staff

Grow Your Own Way

10 Plants to Add to Your Garden This Spring

Make sure your garden is abundant with variety from peppers, beans, and zucchini to onions, beets, and lettuce.

03/31/2022 By Geneva Diaz

GET INSPIRED

Get Your Home and Gardening Questions Ready For Annual Show at NRG

The yearly event gives access to experts who can give you advice on remodeling your abode, or building a better garden.

01/19/2022 By Geneva Diaz

Here’s the dirt

Houston, There’s a Dirt Bag in Montrose

The former Wet My Plant shop now sells soils, pots, and plants.

06/23/2021 By Brittany Cristiano

Spruce Up

5 Tips for Perfecting Your Spring Greening Game at Home

Jemine and Matthew Oakes, founders of The Flora Culture, talk all things indoor plants.

03/23/2021 By Laura Furr Mericas

Flower Fever

Your Informal Guide to Azaleas in Houston

The Azalea Trail is canceled, but you can still see the blooms at these H-Town spots.

03/19/2021 By Brittany Cristiano

Your Home Garden

Find a Green Haven at the Flora Culture

The Uptown plant boutique offers a little bit of everything for first-time owners and niche collectors alike.

09/28/2020 By Brittany Cristiano

Patio Power

5 Ways to Vastly Improve Your Outdoor Space

Make your backyard the talk of the neighborhood.

06/09/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

What to know before you grow

What Should Beginning Gardeners Plant in Their Yards?

The secret to getting that “Secret Garden” look.

05/20/2020 By Catherine Wendlandt

Flower power

Can Nature Help Make Chemo Easier to Endure?

A new garden lifts the spirits of cancer patients at Houston Methodist.

04/01/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Staying Alive

Care for Trees with the Ancient Art of Bonsai

How Houston's bonsai artists are passing down their artful tradition.

04/01/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

It Actually Is Easy Being Green

This Austin-Based Company Wants to Spruce Up Your Sad Desk Space With Greenery

Desk Plants is exactly what it sounds like.

02/10/2020 By Rebekah Kibodeaux

The Buzz

How to Help Bees In Your Own Backyard

August 17 is National Honey Bee Day, but you don't need a hive to help.

08/16/2019 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Not-So-Secret Garden

Meet the Landscape Designers Transforming Houston's Prettiest Gardens

For Lanson B. Jones & Co., it's all in the details.

07/08/2019 By Dalya Mawlawi

Go Texan

Why You Should Start a Pocket Prairie in Your Yard

You—yes you—can help Houston with flood mitigation.

04/08/2019 By Emmanuella Aina

Welcome to the Jungle

Which Houseplant Is Right for You?

In honor of National Houseplant Day, we consider five options for potted bliss.

01/10/2019 By Rebekah Kibodeaux

Lemon Drop

Urban Harvest's Fruit Tree Sale Hits Town on January 13

Orange you glad it's fruit tree sale time?

12/25/2017 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Get Out

Hermann Park Needs Your Help

Green thumb or not, The McGovern Centennial Gardens and the Japanese Garden depend on volunteers to keep our parks pristine.

01/18/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

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Gardening

Time to Protect Your Plants from the Arctic Blast

Hive Mind: Inside Houston's Buzziest Honey Collective

20 Houston Nurseries That Will Inspire Major Garden-Envy

10 Plants to Add to Your Garden This Spring

Get Your Home and Gardening Questions Ready For Annual Show at NRG

Houston, There’s a Dirt Bag in Montrose

5 Tips for Perfecting Your Spring Greening Game at Home

Your Informal Guide to Azaleas in Houston

Find a Green Haven at the Flora Culture

5 Ways to Vastly Improve Your Outdoor Space

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