Create a beautiful yard with these creative landscape ideas with big impact.
Add as much as 15% to your home's value with these expert landscaping tips.
Considered "the most influential garden designer of the past 25 years," Dutch plantsman Piet Oudolf has done for perennial gardening what artist Leonard Ko
Landscaping is hard, especially when you have a bare yard and no idea on how to create a design to make your yard look great. Everything is easier with an app, so is there an app to make landscape design easier? There are several apps available for landscape design but Iscape is the top rated
Over 350 seasoned gardeners were asked... What is the #1 thing you wish you'd known before landscaping your front yard? Here are there responses.
Find out which landscaping mistakes will prevent you from having your best garden ever...and learn the solutions for fixing them.
The winner of the Gardenista Considered Design Awards Best Professional Landscape is Adam Woodruff & Associates of St. Louis, Missouri. Their project
While we’ve paid plenty of attention to in our backyard’s design, with new plantings and furnishings, we’ve done very little with our front yard. It’s in need of a makeover, and we’ve decided that this is the year we will tackle it. Our home is a 1964-Streng, a mid-century modern home that resembles the Eichlers […]
A sloped Yardzen yard transformed by a retaining wall and smart landscape design decisions Sloped terrain provides some of the most dramatic features in a landscape. Think of towering trees, distant views, and rhythmic planting drawing your eye uphill. Design can complement this drama: paths vanishing and reappearing, terraces slicing through... Read more »
I have really enjoyed sharing my landscaping makeovers and hearing all of the awesome feedback. It was a lot of hard work that is really paying off. I love my outdoor space. I have been asked several questions about my makeovers with the most frequent one being, "How did I know what plants to buy?" First
Hydrangeas are a flower power plant for summer gardens. They grow in hard-to-fill niches in garden plantings, or they can dominate a well-watered area near the house or on the shady side of the lawn.
Enhance your outdoor space's beauty and functionality with a professional touch. Hire a landscape designer to transform your garden into a stunning, sustainable haven.
Wondering what to do with that untouched corner of your yard? Check out amazing corner garden ideas here to spruce up that neglected space!
Here are 11 of the best smelling plants and flowers for your yard. You will love walking outside your house when the air is filled with their sweet scents..
Garden design principles, tips and tricks to create a home landscape oozing with personality - even if you're not a designer.
Ornamental grasses are one of the most useful types of plants you can use in your landscape designs; here are five ideas to get you started, plus lots of beautiful grasses to achieve your favorite look.
Over the years we've worked with hundreds if not thousands of home owners and contractors about proper French drain installation and what type of fabric material is best to use. Many of the calls are from frustrated folks needing to replace failed drainage systems. we've gathered together a list of the most common French Drain Mistakes, so you can avoid these common pitfalls.
Camellias have a long blooming season and can put on a real show. Their blooms come in lots of different shades, sometimes peeking out from under a late spring snow. Here's how to care for
4 simple ways to arrange flowers and plants in your garden to get that beautiful layered look that you want... even if you're a beginner!
Plant these shrubs in front of your house for curb appeal, privacy, or the simple joy that their foliage and flowers bring to your yard.
Pruning azaleas can give tired, old azalea plants a fresh start. It's so easy!
Use this guide to find the best shade perennials for your garden, plus get care tips for helping these plants thrive in your landscape.
Give your garden some elegant outlines. Use these flagstone and brick garden edging ideas to lend character, definition, and texture to your landscaping beds.
Learn just how easy Hellebore care is with these tips on planting, fertilizing, and pruning Lenten Rose (as well as some great varieties)
Beautiful ideas for landscaping with tall or short ornamental grasses that you can plant yourself! Creative gardening ideas!
If you are looking for the best ways to grow Hostas plants in your yard and garden, we've got some tips and trips to help you grown Hosta plants like a pro!
Early spring is the season of hope: for the most beautiful garden ever. And you can have that. You also can lay the most charming front path in the history
All about the best way to plant peonies in your flower garden. Info on soil, spacing and making sure you plant your peony roots correctly.
My Garden Pyramid Guide will help you to visualize how many of each plant type you should include in each garden. Get the right plant ratios to achieve a layered garden with 4-season interest.
These water-wise plants grow effortlessly in droughty conditions and bloom in an array of colors—and best yet, they aren't all succulents.
Who doesn't feel the pull of a walled-off space - the need to get in there and find out what's going on? A secret garden is romantic.
Statues you see at your local garden center look great until you bring them home and try to figure out where to put them in your yard. Just like clutter or awkward furniture positioning inside your home, garden statues that don’t quite fit just right can really make your yard look cramped, messy, and even tacky. […]
If you have a flower garden, you are most likely already familiar with clematis. It has about 300 species and is part of the buttercup family. The clematis plant is one of the most popular
How do you design a garden for two artists who have a highly attuned sense of the visual? When I met photographer Maria Robledo and artist Holton Rower, ab
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Find creative solutions for landscaping sloped areas of your yard. Get ideas for the best plants and hardscape elements to enhance a slope.
Enclose your yard with a hedge of flowering shrubs instead of fences to add color, texture, and even fragrance to your backyard space. Check out these top picks for large flowering bushes.
Mock orange (Philadelphus) is an ornamental shrub loaded with sweet-scented white flowers. Learn how to add this beauty to your landscape now.
Beautiful ideas for landscaping with tall or short ornamental grasses that you can plant yourself! Creative gardening ideas!
Create a beautiful yard with these creative landscape ideas with big impact.
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Considered "the most influential garden designer of the past 25 years," Dutch plantsman Piet Oudolf has done for perennial gardening what artist Leonard Ko
Ornamental grasses don't need much maintenance. Follow these simple steps to keep these tough perennials looking their best year after year.