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New! Summer 2026 Issue

What's Inside:

• Smart Gardening: 5 Common Mistakes That Attract Pests
• Top Picks: 11 Top-Rated Blue Hostas 
• Plant Profile: Agastache for Every Region
• Feature Garden: Cultivating a Tropical Oasis
• Before & After: Flower-Filled Front Yard
• Design Challenge: A Casual Victorian Courtyard Garden Plan
• Smart Reader Tips, Garden Q&A, Editor's choice and more!

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Garden Gate Issue #187

Spring 2026 Issue

What's Inside:

• 2026 Container Challenge Winners: See Our Readers’ Best Designs!
• Smart Gardening: How to Prune Perennials for More Flowers (and better-looking plants!)
• Top Picks: 11 Annuals with Heavenly Scents
• Feature Garden: The Path to Beauty
• From the Wild Side: Grow This Spring-Blooming Native to Help Early Bees
• Design Challenge: Rabbit-Resistant Garden Plan
  

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Garden Gate Issue #186

Winter 2026 Issue

What's Inside:

• 2026's Best New Plants: Here’s our sneak peek at some of the horticultural gems you’ll find at the garden center next spring. Start your wish list now!
• Epimedium: This shade-loving perennial has many wonderful qualities: dainty spring flowers, colorful fall foliage and even drought- and deer tolerance.
• Regional Pest Roundup: We asked four experts which pests we should be watching this year. Here’s what they told us.
• The Giving Garden: Reader Garden Award winners Sue and Bob Olson’s garden is filled with creativity and personal touches.
• Design Challenge: Pretty Permaculture Garden Plan
• Reader Tips, Garden Q&A, Editor's choice and more!
  

Preview Winter 2026 Issue Table of Contents
Garden Gate Issue #185

Fall 2025 Issue

What's Inside:

• Garden Mums: Old-fashioned mums are the hottest new trend in fall gardens! Get inspiration and how-to tips here.
• Root Wash for a Better Start: Try this planting method to encourage a thriving root system and long-term plant health.
  
• A View for Every Season: Tour a garden that celebrates a beautiful borrowed landscape and highlights plant combinations with long- lasting appeal.
• Repetition: Learn one pro’s secrets to applying this useful principle to pull a garden design together.
• The Best Bulb-Planting Techniques: Follow these tips for a garden full of colorful flowers next spring!
• Reader Tips, Garden Q&A, and so much more!

Preview Fall 2025 Issue Table of Contents
Garden Gate Issue #184

Summer 2025 Issue

What's Inside:

• Torch Lily: Boost your garden's excitement with this nectar-rich, drought-tolerant perennial. Plus get a chance to win a plant this fall!
• Troubleshoot Your Tomatoes: Wondering why your tomatoes have spots, splits or curled leaves? Find out here.
• Finding Joy in the Garden: Smart plant choices keep this feature garden's maintenance manageable. Take a tour!
• Top Picks: Our favorite dark, dramatic plants for a midnight garden
• From the Test Garden: 5 Tips for your summer to-do list!
• Create a Tropical Look Anywhere: If you'd like to replicate the exotic feel of a tropical garden in a temperate climate, try these design tips and plants.
• And so much more!

Preview Summer 2025 Issue Table of Contents
Garden Gate Issue #183

Spring 2025 Issue

• Meet our 2025 Container Challenge Winners: In this issue, we reveal our readers’ winning container gardens + how to grow them!
  
• Annual Geranium: Discover new varieties of this garden classic and get our best tips for growing healthy plants.
  
• Viburnum: This group of versatile shrubs has something to offer almost any gardener. Here’s how to choose the best species for your garden.
  
• Powdery Mildew: Find out what’s causing this fungal disease and how to prevent it from infecting your favorite plants.
• Drought-Tolerant Garden in California: Visit a gardener who’s always on the hunt for tough plants that take heat and drought.

Preview Spring 2025 Issue Table of Contents
Garden Gate Issue #182

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