In April, spend pleasant hours outdoors developing garden project plans made during winter. Prepare planting beds for summer, look ahead to autumn gardens, and contemplate changes in the overall landscape.

• (4/08) Hort Shorts
• (4/08) Wildflower of the Year
• (4/08) Year of the Eggplant
• (4/07) Backyard Beekeeping
• (4/07) Hort Shorts
• (4/07) Sedge Lawns
• (4/07) Potted Figs
• (4/06) Hort Shorts
• (4/06) Woody Plants from Cuttings
• (4/06) Snow in Summer
• (4/05) Edible Landscaping: Berry Good!
• (4/05) Plants from the Past
• (4/04) Save Plants From Bark Splitting
• (4/04) How to Thin Peaches
• (4/04) Staying Alert to Disease
• (4/04) Sowing Vegetable Seeds
• (4/04) “Hello Yellow”
• (4/04) Border Plantings
• (4/03) April Garden Tasks
• (4/03) Camellia Care
• (4/03) Tips for Planting Annuals
• (4/03) Repair Bare Patches of Lawn
• (4/03) Permanent Perennials
• (4/02) Hort Shorts
• (4/02) Watch for Leafhoppers
• (4/02) Planting Chrysanthemums
• (4/02) Hanging Baskets of Blooming Plants
• (4/02) Lasting Lantana
• (4/02) Trees in the Landscape
• (4/02) Herbs for Seasoning
• (4/02) Harvest Vegetables

Photo courtesy of the National Chrysanthemum Society. Local chapters in Asheville and Raleigh. Visit www.mums.org.