Joe Gardener Podcast Interviews NGA about the National Gardening Survey

Each year since 1973, the Texas-based National Gardening Association works with professional pollsters to conduct the National Gardening Survey, which offers valuable insights into the mindset of gardeners across the United States. To help break the data down to better understand what gardeners think, Joe's guest this week is National Gardening Association Executive Director Dave Whitinger.

My Passion in the Garden, Take a Peek

You love your garden in bloom right now, don't you? Me too. It's heartwarming to know that so many people have an inborn love of botanical nature! The NGA hosts some positively amazing photographs! With hundreds of thousands of pictures to peruse, our joy in nature is clearly evident.

Growing Herbs Under Lights

Even with a bright sunroom, sun-loving herbs will need 12 to 16 hours a day of supplemental light. You have two choices: fluorescent or high-intensity discharge (HID).

Building A DIY Planter Box

In need of some extra garden space? You may need a planter box. Planter boxes vary in shape and size and allow you to have a few plants just about anywhere.

Grow These Annuals to Attract Pollinators

These annuals are easy to grow, look great in any garden, are easily found, and loved by pollinators of all kinds. Bees, birds, bugs, and butterflies all benefit from the list below. These beautiful flowers serve as host plants and/or as food for the pollinators.

Planting a Pollinator Garden

Ants -- Although ants like pollen and nectar, they aren't good pollinators, so many flowers have sticky hairs or other mechanisms to keep them out.

Butterfly Gardening

Growing plants that attract butterflies is not as difficult as you may think. The first step is understanding what makes butterflies tick at different stages of their life cycle.

Attract Butterflies With the Right Plants

Large or small, ages 1 to 99, butterflies painted with diverse colors and patterns are a welcome sight. You can increase your butterfly viewing opportunities by creating spaces more attractive to them.

Plant List for Hummingbirds, Butterflies and Bees

There is a nearly endless list of plants that gardeners can grow to attract hummingbirds, bees and butterflies to their gardens. We have put together a list of some of our favorite easy-to-grow plants for you to add to your own garden.

Butterfly Plants Especially For the North and West

Perennials and Shrubs especially suited to the Northern and Western regions of the United States.

Squash Vine Borer

Squash vine borers are pests of crops east of the Rockies. The adult is a moth that lays its eggs on the stems near the base of the plant in late spring to early summer.

The Beauty of Black Flowers

Adding a touch of unique to your garden can be as small and subtle as a single gasp with a touch of black or a dramatic flare of an entire garden graced in majestic black blooms.

Ornamental Onions

You'll know these pretty plants are in the onion family from the mildly pungent odor of their leaves when cut, but they certainly won't bring tears to your eyes! The many species and cultivars of these easy-to-grow plants add color to the flower garden from spring through fall.