Window boxes give gardeners an affordable outlet to do what they love most: experiment. Known as one of the first living walls, window boxes have been a longtime favorite of gardeners. Window boxes ...

Master gardener Angelo Randaci shares tips on planting a window box indoors and out—from finding the right planter to choosing plants. While not all of us have a yard in which to grow a flower garden, ...

A colorful combo of bright red ornamental peppers and frilly white ornamental cabbage spices up a cool-season window box. (Jorge Salcedo, Dreamstime.com) BY KRIS WETHERBEE Window box gardens are a ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. May ...

Why are some window boxes so beautiful while others are so blah? It’s all about design, according to Sonia Uyterhoeven, the gardener for public education at The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

These best flowers for window boxes will bring colorful plant life into your home, even if you don’t have a garden. Consider these blooms and greens to brighten the exterior of your home or apartment.

Although window boxes enhance the curb appeal of any home, they are particularly striking when used on small-scale cottages with shutters, half-timber, half-stone farmhouses, and traditional homes ...

Do you want to improve the curb appeal of your house? Adding a window box planter is one way to do that. The outlook of your home is as important as the indoor look is. Window boxes are very special ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... While there are few plantings that compare to the charm of window boxes overflowing with summer flowers, these days window boxes aren’t just for windows. Now ...

The gardening world has a tried-and-true formula for the perfect window box: a thriller, a filler and a spiller. You simply can’t go wrong with a tall red geranium amid a tranquil bed of white ...

Whether or not you’ve got a green thumb, this just might be the year to get in touch with your inner gardener. It’s politically correct (check out the Obamas’ vegetable plot), it’s thrifty, and it’s ...