As the succulent craze continues, the architectural plants are making designer appearances in pots, terrariums, wall planting systems, even bride's bouquets. Low-water succulents are especially ...

If you can make space for a miniature rock garden — one of tiny plants growing within the confines of a faux-stone trough — the promise of an outsize payoff awaits. Inside the walls of a trough, you ...

Everyone has heard that old saying: You can lead a horse to the trough, and if he doesn’t drink, make it a planter. Just kidding. But if you choose to jump on one of the hottest trends in the country, ...

Carly Plotkin makes trough gardening look like child’s play. With all the concentration a 5-year-old can muster, she places a handful of pebbles, one by one, to get a craggy effect in the garden she’s ...

Since every plant is a wildflower somewhere, one of the pluses for traveling gardeners is the opportunity to see plants in their native surroundings. Makes you realize why some of them are so ...

Rodent-proof raised beds: Various galvanized steel tanks are available from Wilco, $79.99 to $134. This fall: Buy livestock watering troughs, fill with soil and compostable material. In spring: Turn ...

Areader writes: My kids were bugging me for a fishpond (I knew I should never have let them see "Finding Nemo"), but since our backyard consists of a large concrete patio with narrow peripheral ...

Everyone has heard that old saying: You can lead a horse to the trough, and if he doesn't drink, make it a planter. Just kidding. But if you choose to jump on one of the hottest trends in the country, ...