Gardening

Gardening happiness study

Gardening can make people just as happy as a fancy dinner, study finds

Gardeners, beware: there's dangerous bacteria lurking in potting soil

potting soil bacteria disease

Poison ivy: a ‘familiar stranger’ that could ruin your summer

Carroll - Poison Ivy

How do air plants survive?

air plant

Family-Friendly

Shop vendors, explore secret gardens in Chestnut Hill during Home & Garden Fest

Chestnut Hill

Philadelphians can register for a free yard tree

Trees

Study: Cleaning up vacant lots can improve a neighborhood’s health

Stock_Carroll - Somerset Street in Kensington

7 inventive ways to give a pallet a new life

IdeaDekor

PHS beer garden offering DIY urban cactus workshop

Barnes Foundation to host plant sale at arboretum

Philadelphians can pick up a free yard tree

A sneak peek of 'Holland: Flowering the World'

Carroll - PHS Philadelphia Flower Show

8 hobbies to nurture at home this winter

Ask Hickey: This is the right way to put on your shoes and socks

Family-Friendly

Get a green thumb in time for spring with free gardening program

Garden Maze

PHS to provide garden-to-table experience

Healthy Eating

Join a DIY succulent workshop at South Street Beer Garden

DIY workshop at South Street Beer Garden

Shop at the annual Rittenhouse Square Flower Market

Garden

Attend the 20th anniversary Home & Garden Festival in Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill

Shop a springtime festival at Peddler's Village

Peddler's Village

Create DIY flower seed bombs for easy springtime gardening

Urban Garden

Philadelphia Flower Show

The 2016 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show

New PHS president talks first Flower Show, vision for the future

Matt Rader

Learn how to grow your very own veggie garden at Morris Arboretum

Gardening workshop at Morris Arboretum

On the Market: Rural home that feels like springtime

Benton Home Rhododendrons

Tour South Philly's prettiest private & community gardens

Garden

Grow your own: How to reconnect with your community through gardening

Samantha Carrie Johnson

Home Improvement

These houseplants will help purify the air in your home

Get Gardening: Everything you need to know to become the ultimate urban gardener

urban gardener

She Sheds: the backyard man-cave equivalent for women

Free compost, gardening tutorials at Dirt Day

Composting1

Green(er) Thumb: Reuse everyday objects for gardening

Gardening

Regrow vegetables and herbs from kitchen scraps

Garlic

Peddler's Village marks start of the season with Spring Fling

Peddler's Village

Gardening hacks: Make your flowers change colors

Flowers

From garden to glass: Growing a Bloody Mary bar

Urban Garden

Millennial farmers taking root

Millennial Farmers

Growing good vibes: Plants influence mood, emotions

Planting with a purpose: Milkweed for monarchs

Monarch Butterfly

Growing a tea garden

Orchid Extravaganza blooms for a limited time

Orchid Extravaganza

Greensgrow West opens for spring

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