Helen Yoest’s Writing

I’m currently working on my first book, 50 Ways to Gardening with Confidence, due out fall of 2012

Country Gardens magazine
Field Editor
Contributor

Raising Vegetables
Spring 2012

Flower Frogs
Spring 2012

As Green as it Gets
Early Spring 2012

A Way with Flowers
Summer 2011

Garden Fancies
Summer 2011

Herbs Squared
Spring 2010

Tweet Treats
Producer
Spring 2009

Country Gardens magazine’s Southeast Columnists
Spring 2012 — What do you plant to attract pollinators?

Early Spring 2012 — Mail order catalogs

Summer 2011 –  New plants for 2011

Spring 2011 – Bulbs for springEarly Spring 2011

Fall 2011 – Organic pest control

Better Homes and Gardens
Field Editor
Easy-to-Make Hypertufa Troughs
Spring 2010

Path Finders
Producer
March 2009

Nature’s Garden
Backyard Oasis
Summer 2010

Bird & Butterfly Bistro
Produced
Summer 2009

Southern Living magazine
Assigned

Small gardens
Scale up for Impact
2012

Fine Gardening magazine
Southeast Regional Report

2009

Fine-textured plants
2008

Plants for Shade
2008

Carolina Gardener magazine

A Traveling Garden
June 2012

Making a Frog-friendly Garden
May 2012

Taming Tough and Tiny Spaces
April 2012

Your Level Best Garden
March 2012

The Story of a Garden
November/December 2011

A Formal Design with Natives
October 2011

Inviting Wildlife to your Backyard
June 2011

Movement in the Garden
March 2011

The Enchanting Garden
November 2010

Growing Privacy, Fast!
October 2010

Gaining New Heights in the Garden
June 2010

Make Your Fence Your Folly
April 2010

Winter Interest Under Way for Umstead Hotel and Spa
December/January 2010

Handling Houseplant Pests
November/December 2009

Urns Elevate our Garden’s Status
Spring 2009

A Perennial Favorite: Spring Plant Sale Held on the Grounds of the NC State Fairgrounds
Spring 2008

Triangle Gardener
Visiting Longwood Gardens
May-June 2012

Have a Plan Prepared
March-April 2012

Adding Layers of Light to Your Garden
January-February 2012

The Lights Fantastic at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
November-December 2011

Transform Your Garden with Moss
August-September 2011

An Arbor Addition Transforms the Garden
July-August 2011

The Virtues of Herbs
May-June 2011

Be Creative with Container Gardens
March-April 2011

Winter Wonders: Plants for you and the Wildlife
January-February 2011

Keep Your Garden Growing in Late Fall
November-December 2010

Fall for Autumn
September-October 2010

Create Focal Points in Your Garden
July-August 2010

Designing with Vines
May-June 2010

Welcome Home as Close as the Curb
March-April 2010

Easy Steps to a Garden Path
January-February 2010

Creating a Wildlife Habitat at Home
Sept-Oct 2009

 

The Trillium
Piedmont Chapter North American Rock Garden Society

The garden sculpture and gardens of Marty and Alan Finkel
March-April 2012

Lesson your footprint through sustainable gardening
March-April 2010


Metro Magazine
The Walk Along the Waterway
Summer 2010

Hats On To The Annual Gala In The Garden
April 2010

The Garden Conservancy Open Days Tour 2009
August/September 2009

Elizabethan Gardens Delight Visitors
June 2009

Creative Design Draws on Asian Influences
December 2008

Pedigree Gardens Chosen For Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Tour
September 2008

Midsummer Eve Parties Benefit JC Raulston Arboretum
June 2008

Chapel Hill Kicks Off Area Spring Garden Tours
March 2008

 

Triangle Style magazine
Plant Bulbs This Fall For Spring Flowers
Fall 2008

The Larkspur Party
Spring 2008

Caring For Orchids In Your Home
Spring 2008

 

Boom!
Beyond Bunnies: Accenting Your Garden with Art
August 2007

Living in Style magazine
Blooms & Brunch, a fun morning with a friend
May 2007

 

ON-LINE PIECES

Martha Stewart Living — In The Garden

Sketching an idea

Gardening for the Seasons: Winter

Gardening for the Seasons: Spring

Gardening for the Seasons: Summer

Gardening for the Seasons: Fall

Lighten Up

All About Moss

Holding Onto Winter

 

Better Homes and Gardens

Measuring Summer’s Success


P. Allen Smith
Fallscaping:  Fall for Autumn

 

Christian Science Monitor

Garden design: a guide to curb appeal

An attractive fall wreath starts with a disliked vegetable

How one gardener deals with weeds in lawns

Break with tradition: Have a pink and red fall garden

Flower arranging made simple with flea market finds

A southern garden thrives in the heat

Why I became a rock gardener

How to create garden art in five easy pieces

Garden art: beyond cute concrete critters

Give a landscape time to mature

How not to read a gardening magazine

Gala in the garden

Moss in a hypertufa dish garden

Creating a garden journal

Make a terrarium

Do botanical names really mater in gardening?

The garden in winter

Gardening with Confidence
Producer, editor, writer

Moss and Stone Gardens — Where Moss Rocks!
Producer, editor, writer

Tar Heel Gardening
Producer, editor, writer

 

Fine Gardening 
Expert Plant Picks — Eastern United States

December Inspiraton — ‘Tis the Season of Evening Lights

November Inspiration — The Fifth Season

October Inspiraton — Fall for Fragrance/a>

September Inspiration

 

Helen  Yoest is a garden writer, speaker and garden coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™.