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Oh rats! How to keep your home free of rats
Various methods for controlling rats around the home, including traditional traps, baits, natural predators and more.

Garden pests and beneficial bugs
There are good, bad and ugly bugs that live in your garden. Find out which ones to keep and which ones to get rid of.

Gardenias add grace to Southern gardens
Horticulturist Mike Sikes says, "The gardenia is a sort of Southern aristocrat. Its fragrance expresses the true grace of the South.”

Anna Davis: Award-winning rose gardener
Profile of Anna Davis, an award-winning rose gardener who lives in Sandy Springs.

Flower power!
Reader's photos of their flowers and gardens.

The Artful Garden Tour at the High
Take a tour of some of Atlanta's most beautiful gardens.

Gorgeous gardens
Atlanta residents show off their flowers, plants and gardens.

Beautiful blooms
Reader's photos of spring flowers and plants.

Fantastic flowers
Reader's photos of their beautiful flowers and yards in the springtime.

Slow gardening follows seasonal rhythms
Slow gardening is a technique that encourages gardeners to relax and follow a seasonal rhythm.

Spectacular spring bloomers
Gardens put on such a show this time of year, it seems a shame not to know what's blooming.

Spring bloomers
Gardens put on such a show this time of year, it seems a shame not to know what's blooming.

Michelle Obama, schoolchildren start White House garden
First lady Michelle Obama and 26 fifth-graders from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington broke ground on the White House organic vegetable garden, the first at the residence since Eleanor Roosevelt's victory garden in World War II.

New trees grow in Oakland Cemetery
Nearly a year after a tornado ripped through downtown Atlanta, volunteers have planted about 130 trees at historic Oakland Cemetery to replace oaks, maples, dogwoods and shrubs toppled by the storm.

Exhibit puts visitors in 'Orchid Daze'
Atlanta Botanical Garden's "Orchid Daze: Gorgeous Meets Glass" exhibit, opening Feb. 7, combines the country's largest permanent collection of the flowers with 50 pieces of contemporary art glass in varying shapes, electric colors and funky textures.

Cobb kids learn from drought garden
The students at Compton Elementary School in the West Cobb community of Powder Springs celebrate the opening of the school's drought-tolerant garden, a hardy oasis created by a $57,000 grant from Lowe's.

The Allins' garden
Kristin and Billy Allin's home garden will be included in the Decatur Garden Tour, which runs Sept. 27 & 28. The Allins use their garden to grow organic produce for their restaurant Cakes & Ale.

10 Hardy Ferns
Fern expert George Sanko extols the virtues of 10 hardy fern types, which will be among those for sale at Georgia Perimeter College's "Fern Madness" sale this Saturday, Sept. 20 on the college's Decatur campus.

Georgia weeds: The worst offenders
Weeds can takeover a landscape unless you pull them up on sight. Garden experts identify the worst garden offenders.

Readers' veggie photos: Gallery 2
See galleries of your homegrown vegetables on ajc.com/homeandgarden.

Readers show off their veggies!
See photos of your homegrown vegetables! You grew them, so we'll post the pictures. Send more!

See the beauty of dragonflies
Interest in watching dragonflies and damselflies is growing in popularity. See photos of a variety of the colorful, helpful bugs.

Landscaping makes millions for early bloomers
Innovative Outdoors, a Duluth landscaping company formed by childhood and college buddies, is making millions even though they are all 23 or younger.

Let shrubs take the lead in your mixed border
Atlanta gardening expert Erica Glasener shares tips for using shrubs to set the color palette of your mixed border. See photos of several shrubs that will work well in Atlanta gardens.

Aha! uses for household items in the garden
Aha uses for the garden using common household items in an alternative way.

New bird guide is perfect for eager nature lovers
The new 'Smithsonian Field Guide to Birds' has everything a bird enthusiast needs to know about birds, including 2,500 pictures of 730 species.

Gardening with ornamental and edible plants
Gardening with ornamental and edible plants can have beautiful results, such as the Druid Hills garden of John and Melissa Critz.

Turn an Atlanta garden into a tropical oasis
Garden columnist Martha Tate recommends plants, flowers and shurbs that give a garden a tropical look.

The Smith-Gilbert Arboretum: Home to flowers, birds and sculptures
The Smith-Gilbert Arboretum in Kennesaw has more than 3,000 flowers, 120 species of birds and 30 sculptures.

Five ways to add more pizazz to your garden
Five ways to add more pizazz to your garden.

Create a container garden: A step-by-step guide
A step-by-step guide to creating a container garden.

Atlanta author offers best tips for container gardens
Atlanta andscape architect and gardening author Pamela Crawford offers tips on how to create a successful container garden.

Colorful gardens made in the shade
A host of annuals with striking foliage and colorful flowers grow well in low light conditions. Erica Glasener, a horticulturist and host of HGTV's "A Gardener's Diary," offers tips on grouping plants together to make a colorful impact.

Master gardeners show off their plots in Cobb
The Private Gardens of Cobb Master Gardeners 2008 Tour on May 10 offers six stops: the homes of five master gardeners and the McFarlane Nature Park, which includes a master gardener project.

Plant discoveries that affect your garden
Three renowned plantsmen, Don Jacobs, Mike Dirr and Ted Stephens, have made important discoveries that have ended up in our gardens or will be there in the near future. These plants are a few examples of plants they have discovered or promoted.