BOISE, Idaho — Just because you don’t have a big yard doesn’t mean you can’t have a garden. Lots of people grow beautiful flowers and healthy food in small spaces, even if their house isn’t ...

The purpose of a Zen garden, those stylized landscapes created by painstakingly placing rocks and raking gravel into perfect patterns, is the doing of the thing. Making sure every line is perfectly ...

Want a luxe yard without the price tag? For a designer look, add Japanese-style features, rustic touches, and even a focal point for socializing.

It may seem curious that viewing a sparse landscape of rock and gravel can be an antidote to the day's chaos. But a Zen garden, a minimalist composition of carefully placed stones, is calming — if you ...

Your flowers can use a bit of help from you these next few weeks to look their best and stay healthy through the back half of the growing season. First the perennials (the ones that come back year ...