People Garden

Be inspired to refresh your backyard  Our yards may be dormant, but that’s no reason to stop planning and dreaming about the changes and improvements we all want to see in our gardens this year. Whether it’s a large-scale landscaping project, installing a greenhouse, learning how to propagate your houseplants, or mastering the skills to keep container plants happy, setting some gardening goals is a great way to stay focused and purposeful about what you want to achieve in the garden in 2025. 1. Grow Heritage and Unusual Plants Heirloom and heirloom seeds are becoming more and more popular with gardeners of all abilities. Not only do they preserve local history, the plants are often disease-resistant, and traditional vegetable crops yield a much deeper flavor and greater variation in color. ‘Whether it’s learning about traditional tulip bulbs with a long history dating back hundreds of years, or reading about rare fruit trees that produce unusual crops, growing somethin...