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The Atlanta Botanical Garden's 2008 Gardens for Connoisseurs Tour
The Atlanta Botanical Garden's 2008 Gardens for Connoisseurs tour kicks off Mother's Day weekend.

Chicks in the City: A plucky home tour
Chicks in the City celebrates chicken coops in Atlanta and Decatur. It's a home tour of sorts, looking at nine hen houses in neighborhoods from Druid Hills east to Oakhurst. It's sponsored by Georgia Organics and the Oakhurst Community Garden, which offers occasional classes on poultry-keeping.

Sculptures in motion at Atlanta Botanical Garden
"Sculpture in Motion," the Atlanta Botanical Garden's newest exhibit that reacts to the forces of nature.

Cobb class learns how to make a rain barrel
Cobb County sponsors a free rain barrel-making class, to helps residents learn ways to conserve water during the drought.

Show off spring flowers in your garden
AJC photographer Phil Skinner took a series of photos documenting what's blooming this spring in metro Atlanta. In response, we asked readers to show us what's growing in their gardens. This is a gallery of reader garden photos.

Quick course: What's blooming in metro Atlanta
There are so many spectacular spring blooms in metro Atlanta. Wouldn't it be better if you knew what they were called? Our quick course gets you up to speed.

Atlanta Koi Club auction this weekend
Steve Castel is treasurer of The Atlanta Koi Club, which is hosting its annual auction on Saturday, April 19 at Coastal Pond Supply, 2101 Tucker Industrial Blvd., Tucker. Free.

Palms for metro Atlanta gardens
Alex Woollcott has become a proponent of growing palms and tropical and subtropical plants in Atlanta. His passion, he says, began five years ago when he noticed a windmill palm at a house on West Paces Ferry Road. In the years since, he has added both hardy and tender palms to his landscape, along with citrus and banana trees and "plants that look tropical, but aren't."

Grid-inspired gardening gains new converts
Square-foot gardening is based on a 4-foot-by-4-foot raised bed that holds 16 squares marked off by a grid.

Got compost? It does a soil good
King Compost, who is also known as Dr. Jim Spotts, is a master gardener and horticulturist who has made it his mission to teach people about composting.

Got spring fever? Enjoy these nature walks
Wild Georgia writer Charles Seabrook says the only solution for him when spring fever strikes is to get outside and enjoy nature, especially for bird watching. Fernbank Forest and Sweetwater Creek State Park are just two of many options.

Capturing the first day of spring in Gwinnett
Three photographers set out Thursday to capture the essence of the first day of spring in Gwinnett County.

You know it's spring in Georgia when the azaleas bloom
You know it's spring in Georgia when the azaleas bloom

Want milk? A clean yard? Get a goat
Want milk? A clean yard? Get a goat.

Show some respect for the under-appreciated turkey vulture
The annual Buzzard Day festival at Reed Bingham State Park near Adel in southwest Georgia celebrates the much maligned vulture.

Camellias for Atlanta gardens
Flower power: Camellias for Atlanta gardens

The Garden and Patio Show
The garden and patio show at the Cobb Galleria Centre.

Drought-tolerant plants for Atlanta gardens
These drought-tolerant plants will thrive in metro Atlanta gardens despite the water restrictions.

21st Annual Southeastern Flower Show
21st Annual Southeastern Flower Show

A snapshot of Georgia's Natural Wonders
A snapshot of Georgia's Natural Wonders

Get ready for 2008 Southeastern Flower Show
Preparations for the 2008 Southeastern Flower Show opens at the World Congress Center.

Orchid Daze at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
Orchid Daze at the Atlanta Botanical Garden

Ideas from the Southeastern Flower Show
The 2008 Southeastern Flower Show is blooming with good ideas.

A flower for every month in a metro Atlanta garden
Martha Tate's plant picks for Atlanta area gardens for every month of the year.

Top performers for winter gardens
Top performers for winter gardens

What should I plant for fall color?
Martha Tate's suggestions for the native plants that offer the best fall color.

At home in the garden
At home in the garden

The garden at E. Rivers Elementary School
The garden at E. Rivers Elementary School.

Cascading vines
Cascading vines

Edible ornamental plants
Edible ornamental plants

Pearl Fryar: A man and his topiary
Pearl Fryar: A man and his topiary

The 2007 Decatur Garden Tour
The 2007 Decatur Garden Tour

Find a spot for agaves in your garden
Erica Glasener talks with David McMillan about experimenting with agaves that will survive year-round in the zone 7 garden.

The koi next door
Atlanta man creates 8,000-gallong koi pond in his backyard.

Mableton Community Garden at Nickajack Park
The Mableton Community Garden at Nickajack Park.