The way to Landscape to an Entry to an Old Home

The way to Landscape to an Entry to an Old Home

The majority of the homes considered old nowadays are big, elaborate Victorian or Edwardian sorts with porches and lots of lacy trim. Victorian tastes in landscaping varied widely, with some gardeners preferring the clipped and formal look, while others opted…

Spring & Summer Window Box Gardening Recipes

Spring & Summer Window Box Gardening Recipes

Dress up your windows in summer and spring with window boxes filled with flowers and plants. Window boxes brighten up the interior of your home in addition to the outside. Turn some well-chosen plants in your favorite colors to your…

The way to Build Your Own Flagstone Mowing Strip

The way to Build Your Own Flagstone Mowing Strip

A mowing strip located along the edge of a lawn area serves to separate the turfgrass from any flowerbeds, walkways and other features. It’s installed in a means that allows you to push or ride the wheels on one side…

The way to Lay a Pebble Drain in a Backyard

The way to Lay a Pebble Drain in a Backyard

Inadequate drainage in your yard often causes severe erosion and rendering it hard to establish a healthy lawn. Drainage problems are often caused when building work disrupts the natural drainage pattern and may flood an entire yard every time it…

Landscaping Plans for Small Gardens

Landscaping Plans for Small Gardens

Do not let small outside spaces intimidate you when it comes to making landscape plans. Any outside space, whether expansive or tiny, can be creatively transformed to a living oasis. Knowing the particular challenges of small gardens helps for better…

Enclosed Garden Plans

Enclosed Garden Plans

Enclosed gardens can be enchanting oases, separated from the rest of the world. They may be made as formal gardens, with geometric designs that reflect the right lines of the borders, or as casual cottage-style gardens, a riot of personal…

How to Landscape to Prevent Digging

How to Landscape to Prevent Digging

Damage from digging in a landscape is often attributed to wild animals like squirrels and chipmunks as well as the family dog. Roots and bulbs of landscape plants and flowers can be damaged from animals which are trying to bury…

View 6 Homes That Rise to the Rural Landscape

View 6 Homes That Rise to the Rural Landscape

In the dawn of time, humankind has built various forms of shelter in all kinds of landscapes. Our ancestors’ chief concerns were shelter and protection. Contemporary design concepts as well as the notion of construction sensitively weren’t a part of…

Gardens Tap Into Rill Water Characteristics

Gardens Tap Into Rill Water Characteristics

Of all of the water features we use in our gardens, the rill perhaps has the most interesting history. The rill is a man-made backyard canal that creates garden ambience through the nice sound of moving water. The earliest style…

Fall for a Water-Wise Fountain

Fall for a Water-Wise Fountain

Water attracts tranquility, balance and motion to an outside space, qualities nearly impossible to replicate with other materials. How can you have the appearance with water conservation in mind? There are a few strategies:Reduce evaporation by minimizing the outside areaSurround…