The Gathering Garden Magazine
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September Is Secretly Bulb-Planting Season: A Guide to Growing Next Spring's Cutting Garden
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Nobody feels like thinking about spring flowers in late August. The garden is still producing, the heat hasn't broken, and bulbs feel like a chore ... -
Steel Bats on the Porch Rail: Why Metal Halloween Stakes Are Winning Over Inflatables This Year
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A quieter, more permanent alternative to the twelve-foot inflatable skeleton has been showing up on porches this August: hand-cut steel bats that hold their shape in wind, rain, and every Halloween after this one. -
Tansy in the Fall Garden: A Late-Summer Cutting and Drying Guide
Late August is the last real window to cut tansy at its best. A seasonal guide to harvesting and drying this old, button-gold herb before the season turns. -
The Great Sunflower Count: Why Citizen-Science Season Starts Now, Not in Spring
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Late August, while sunflowers are still nodding in the heat, is peak season for one of the country's longest-running citizen-science projects. A field guide to counting pollinators from your own garden, and what happens to the flowers once the season ends. -
The Last-Chance Harvest: What You Can Still Cut and Dry Before Labor Day
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Late August is a strange, easy-to-miss moment in a cutting garden's calendar. The showiest blooms are past their peak, the light is starting to shi... -
Your Window Box Doesn't Have to Go Bare After the First Frost
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Once the annuals give out, most window boxes sit empty until spring. Here's what to fill them with instead.
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Plum Is 2026's Color of the Season, and We've Been Growing It All Along
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Pinterest's forecasters have crowned plum the color of fall 2026. It turns out a humble ornamental grass has been quietly wearing it for years. -
Gardening for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know Before You Plant
A complete beginner's roadmap to zones, soil, sun, watering, timing, tools, and the mistakes to skip — everything to start gardening with real confidence. -
Tired of Pumpkins? Try the Fall Porch Idea Nobody Else on Your Street Has
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Every porch gets the same pumpkin lineup by October. Faux orange branches bring fall color to the door without repeating the neighborhood. -
Last Call: Why Late August Is the Best Time to Start a Windowsill Tea Garden
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Most gardening content goes quiet in late August. The spring planting guides have run their course, the tomatoes are already producing, and the gen... -
Plant Now, Dry Later: A Late-Summer Guide to Bulbs for Next Year's Cutting Garden
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August feels too early to think about spring flowers, which is exactly why most gardeners miss the window. What goes in the ground this fall determines what you'll have to dry next summer. -
Beyond Corsages: Building a Dried Flower Kit for Homecoming and Prom Season
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Homecoming season runs on a tight, unpredictable schedule that fresh flowers rarely survive intact. A practical guide to building a dried-flower kit that actually makes it through the dance.
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