Your home may be your castle, but your garden should always be your retreat. Here are the South's best gardens, filled with color, beauty, and new ideas to fill you with excitement and to give you fresh new ideas.

Mannequins lead terrible lives. Every day, they stand in the same place, posing the same way. Ruthless retail employees even detach their limbs and strip them naked on a regular basis, too. Naturally, these poor creatures seek new experiences, adventures that would brighten up their dull days.

These pics would make any Hobbit proud, that’s for sure.

Southern Home & Farm is gardening expert Rhonda Kaiser’s pursuit of all things garden, design, vintage décor and farm.

Kitchen garden installation pictures are beautiful and inspiring. See some of the best before and afters from kitchen garden designer Nicole Burke.