Gardening Videos

Landscape contractor Jenn Nawada heads to the International Rose Test Garden to choose the perfect rose variety for a homeowner’s garden bed.

Landscape contractor Jenn Nawada helps a couple redesign, repurpose, and restore their front yard’s design after removing two mature but rotten oak trees, exposing the yard to full sun.

Worm castings are a nutrient-dense, organic fertilizer that can enhance your garden or lawn. Find out how to make your own worm farm here.

Landscape contractor Jenn Nawada and carpenter Nathan Gilbert help a troop of Girl Scouts restore their raised bed gardens with fresh wood, some replanting, and Tom Silva’s one-of-a-kind planter.

General contractor Tom Silva shows host Kevin O’Connor how to build a double-hexagon raised garden bed for herbs.

Landscape contractor Jenn Nawada helps a homeowner design a garden that will work with their half-sun, half-shade yard perfectly, turning the homeowner’s backyard into a little oasis.

Landscape contractor Jenn Nawada teaches host Kevin O’Connor the basics of pollinator plants and the role they play for these critical insects and birds.

Kevin O’Connor and landscape contractor Jenn Nawada discuss outdoor tool maintenance with a landscaping pro.

This Old House DIY expert and House One editor, Jenn Largesse, shows how to build a potting station made from naturally weather-resistant wood.

Landscape contractor Jenn Nawada takes us to a local nursery to discuss houseplant care with Massachusetts Certified Horticulturist Jennifer Rolo.

Want to enrich your gardening and promote a healthy environment? Building a compost bin is a simple DIY project that can be very rewarding.

Create a raised garden bed that you won’t have to babysit. With this simple DIY, you’ll use naturally rot-resistant cedar, fitted with some clever planter inserts, to make a low-maintenance container that automatically distributes water on its own.

If your garden or lawn is looking scraggly, you may want to test your soil. Here are a few ways to do so at home.

This Old House landscaping contractor Jenn Nawada visits a local greenhouse to discuss everything you need to know about caring for succulents.

This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada explains why she loves hydrangeas so much and where to plant and care for them.

This Old House landscape expert Jenn Nawada takes us to a local greenhouse to discuss how to choose houseplants for any room.

This Old House carpenter Nathan Gilbert and landscape contractor Jenn Nawada build custom window boxes for a colorful touch of curb appeal.

Landscape contractor Jenn Nawada explains why she loves composting and how to do it at home.

Landscape contractor Jenn Nawada shows host Kevin O’Connor how to preserve and protect a garden over the winter.

Ask This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada discusses a variety of ornamental grasses, how to care for them, and how to incorporate them into a landscape design.

Discover everything you need to know about mulch, from the different types available to the benefits it offers your garden.

Ask This Old House Landscape Contractor Jenn Nawada explains how to identify and care for echinaceas. She also shares a variety of ways to incorporate them in a garden.

Ask This Old House Landscape Contractor Jenn Nawada explains what should be done to maintain a set of bypass pruners and why it matters.

An overgrown garden can look disheveled and unkempt. Here's how to transform yours into a beautiful outdoor oasis.

Landscape Contractor Jenn Nawada discusses the various types of Christmas trees.

Roger Cook, landscape contractor, visits a large nursery in Fayetteville, NC, to see which plants will work well for landscaping in warmer, southern climates.

Landscaping expert Jenn Nawada explains how ground cover plants are a creative alternative to rocks and mulch, and then tells us about some of her favorite varieties.

In this DIY Smarts project, Ask This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada travels to Raleigh, North Carolina, to help a couple build and plant a self-watering vegetable garden.

Need a family-friendly weekend project idea? Ask This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada demonstrates various ways to plant vegetables in a raised garden bed—and how to get kids involved!

Ask This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada installs a unique kind of indoor garden for a homeowner who wants to grow vegetables year round.

Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada helps a homeowner plan, plant, and decorate a Victorian garden.

Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada helps a homeowner replace and improve foundation plantings that have been crushed by snow piles