The most widely planted ground cover in the world is—to no one's surprise—the lawn. But there are very good reasons why you might want something other than grass to carpet the ground. Maybe you hate ...

Flowering creeping thyme as ground cover - Sahadat Hossain/Getty Images As a master gardener and permaculturalist, I genuinely believe that ground covers are wildly underutilised in the home garden.

These hardworking landscape plants make gorgeous ground covers, whether you want to fill in gaps or replace turf grass ...

There are places in the home landscape where grass simply struggles to survive. Think about those weedy or extremely shady ...