In Dallas, I swung by the Bush Native Texas Park before sunset to see the wildflower show I’d been hearing about. I was not disappointed …

At Vivero Growers nursery, I oohed and aahed over big, beautiful containers planted as eye-catching showpieces …

Deborah Hornickel’s tiny bungalow lives larger by extending her living space outdoors with a pear allee and other architectural features …

Tanglewild is a botanical fantasia unlike any other garden in Austin, with palms, bananas, cannas, and daylilies galore …

Flowers are blooming and fawns are appearing in the garden. It’s the transition from spring to summer, a time of abundance …

A colorful patch of wildflowers greeted me in Teresa Garcia’s garden. Edibles, a pond garden, chickens, bees, and a tortoise thrive here too …

Julie and Kay built their charming hobby farm and garden over the past 12 years, naming it Katie Bird Farm after a beloved grandmother …

Colleen mourned her old garden for a while. Then she realized she didn’t mind having a smaller yard. It was, in fact, exactly what she wanted …

At Arnosky Family Farms, a flower grower in Blanco, flowers are grown to sell at HEB. They’re also offered in the barn’s self-serve market …

To make your yard appealing to birds, with a variety of food and nesting places, check out new book Bird-Friendly Gardening by Jen McGuinness …

The Japanese Tea Garden in San Antonio’s Brackenridge Park has distinctive rock architecture, a 60-foot waterfall, koi pond, gardens, and a wartime story …

The stone walls of a century-old sheep pen in Blanco, Texas, give structure and history to the country garden of James and Nancy Robinson …

You wouldn’t expect to find a huge prairie garden so close to downtown Austin that blue-glass skyscrapers peek over the treetops …

Lori Daul’s South Austin garden is an oasis with numerous water features, beautiful plants, and a moody blue color scheme …