Black thumb or botanist, city dweller or country farmer, this is the year you grow the garden of your dreams. From starting seeds to creating an outdoor sanctuary, here is your complete guide to spring gardening.

Start Seeds

• Start seeds indoors in 3 easy steps
• Start seeds outdoors
• When to start vegetable seeds indoors
• Harden seedlings successfully
• Thinning seedlings

Prepare Your Soil

• 4 steps to fabulous soil
• Improve your soil
• Control weeds
• Build garden beds

Improve Your Lawn

• Grow a healthy lawn
• Maintain a healthy lawn
• 5 tips for shaded lawns
• 3 lawn-care myths uncovered

Plan Your Garden

• Design your dream garden
• Landscape on a budget
• Watch the video: Plan your spring garden
• Create a sanctuary garden in 6 steps
• Plant a butterfly garden
• Make a water garden in a barrel
• Create a calming koi pond

Choose Plants

• 5 easy-to-grow perennials
• 12 shade-loving perennials
• Azaleas and dogwoods
• Our favorite perennials
• 10 of our favorite annuals
• 10 of our favorite bulbs
• 10 easy-to-grow plants

Grow Roses

• No-fail rose garden
• Rose-growing guide
• 8 easy rose-growing tips
• 8 easy-to-grow roses
• Fertilizing roses
• Plant bare-root roses
• Prune roses correctly

Go Organic

• 10 steps to an organic garden
• Getting rid of weeds--organically
• 5 steps to a compost heap
• The cons of chemical fertilizers
• Attract beneficial bugs
• The Organic Gardening message board

Raise Vegetables

• Plan a vegetable garden
• Stake or cage tomatoes?
• Our top 10 easy-to-grow vegetables
• More tips for growing vegetables

Plant a Container

• Favorite container garden plants
• 15 container garden tips
• 40 container-loving plants
• 3 vegetables you can grow in containers