URBANA, Ill. – Gardeners who look forward to enjoying their landscapes during warm summer nights should consider creating a moonlight garden that extends the experience late into the evening.

A successful moonlight garden requires the use of specific plant types - those with white, cream, yellow or silvery-gray flowers or foliage. The list of possible candidates is long.

Making a beautiful moonlight garden When you create a scene with your plantings, consider the seasons, sunlight, and plant height. Start by listing your white plants by height, and make a mockup ...

A moon garden, also known as a dream garden, is a collection of flowers and foliage designed to be enjoyed at night when the moon’s light reflects off the plants and creates a whimsical effect.

The Master Gardener Program is offered by the University of Tennessee Extension. The purpose of the Master Gardener Program is to train people as horticultural-educated volunteers. These ...

First, scout out a site for your moon garden. Near a back or side door will give you easy access and allow you to keep the wiring close to a power source. The night garden doesn’t have to be ...

A MOONLIGHT garden is best built above the sea, for the moon never shines so brightly as on salt water; and although the moon’s scintillations filter pleasantly enough through fresh water, there ...

Planning this year’s garden? My guess is you’re envisioning plants bathed in daylight. But the problem is that by nightfall, when the sun has set and you’re ready to kick back at home, you ...

Philodendron moonlight is a tropical hybrid plant known for its glossy, color-changing leaves, which begin vivid neon yellow before darkening to a bright green. The stems and unopened leaves of ...

Moonlight in the Garden started as an event to create awareness for the Arboretum. It has grown into the largest fundraising event for the Arboretum, a teaching garden at NC State University.

Red in the Moonlight. Watson has illuminated some 500 gardens during the past five years, ranging in price from $250 for a garden 10 ft. by 15 ft. to about $100,000 for one of his current projects ...