Tracy Buttrick shares more of her autumn container designs from homes throughout New Jersey

A garden that takes care of itself

By reader request, we’re heading back to January 2010 to see what came next in the GPOD archives

In Zone 8b, Joseph has turned a challenging slope into a garden that feels right at home in its surroundings

A look at the first 10 Garden Photo of the Day posts and how GPOD has changed since January 2010

Inspired by a geometric lavender labyrinth, Lynn O’Shaughnessy transformed her Howell property into a haven filled with native plants and buzzing with pollinators

Flowers, foliage, berries, and seed heads blur the line between garden and floral design in this lush Dutch landscape

A rebuilt gazebo and expanded patio turn an overlooked passageway into a place to gather, dine, and relax

Vegetables, flowers, and perennials mingle in this abundant Minnesota garden

At Singer Laren, Piet Oudolf’s layered plantings create a living backdrop for contemporary sculpture

Meandering paths, clipped hedges, and layered late-season plantings reveal this historic Dutch garden a little at a time

A garden that began as a blank slate in 2018 continues to change as new sunlight reshapes the growing conditions

A former cutting garden now overflows with hundreds of white hydrangea blooms after a seven-year transformation

Nancy’s 0.11-acre garden changes dramatically as the season progresses, with a naturalistic planting designed to keep pollinators coming

Dense borders, repeated color, and layered plantings bring Kathleen’s backyard to its summer peak

More woodland treasures, flowering vines, unusual shrubs, and late-season interest from a garden 48 years in the making

Fruit trees, vegetables, flowers, wildlife, and plenty of imagination made my grandma’s Wisconsin garden the ultimate place to grow up

In Poland’s Masurian region, garden designer Magda is planting thousands of perennials and grasses to explore a new approach to resilient garden design

Raised beds, cut flowers, vegetables, and a greenhouse returned this historic property to its agricultural roots

Tightly packed borders bring together an exuberant mix of flowers, foliage, color, and texture