In the spring, Longwood Gardens comes alive with more than 250,000 tulips and daffodils. Before the holidays, the conservatory was filled with thousands of red and white poinsettias, amaryllis and ...

Winter gardens often feel sleepy, blanketed in muted tones and bare branches. But what if your garden could dazzle even when the flowers have gone to sleep? Colourful bark shrubs are like nature’s ...

How can you tell if a snowman is mad at you? He gives you the cold shoulder. Snowman season will be with us for a while yet, but our winter landscapes needn’t look cold and dreary. We can enjoy ...

Winter doesn’t have to send your garden into hibernation or turn your outdoor paths into slippery afterthoughts. When snow arrives, the right paving and pathways can actually make your landscape feel ...

Several important paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, of which Winter Landscape with Iceskaters (circa 1608) by Hendrick Avercamp is a particularly fine example, show us socially levelling, panoramic ...