We're going to talk about the differences between the two: dethatching and aerating.
Whether you want to reduce your grass lawn or replace it, there are lots of options for alternative eco-lawns including wildflowers, clovers, and fescue grass seed mixes.
Learn how to turn your yard into a more welcoming and sustainable place for wildlife & pollinators and become a Certified Wildlife Habitat!
Your landscape design is much like your interior design. You need several elements to make it work and look beautiful. Similar to the inside of your home, your landscaping needs a variety of shape, color, texture and height.Earthworks is a term used to collectively describe mounded soil used in a variety of ways. Earthworks can be created for either practical or aesthetic purposes. And there are several different styles and shapes, depending on your property.
Best Plants for Wet Soil - The wrong plants will most often succumb to root rot. Luckily, there are many shrubs, trees, and plants that like wet soil.
Take the guesswork out of yard work. This lawn-care calendar lets you know when to mow, aerate, fertilize, and seed your yard in the Northeast.
Want to skip the fertilizer and stop spending your weekends mowing? Here are the best low-maintenance, yet still attractive, alternatives to a grass lawn.
Must know tips for soil preparation before laying sod to ensure a heathy grass!
crabgrass can be major irritation to gardeners and homeowners. Click here to find out how to kill crabgrass without killing other plants and grasses!
Add beauty and curb appeal to your front yard with a sidewalk garden. Check out our tips for even the smallest of spaces.
Alliums are a long-blooming perennial that are rich in color and height. Learn how to grow alliums in your garden so you can enjoy its blooms all Spring!
Don't make these meadow lawn mistakes! What to do to make sure your lawn or strip of lawn turns into a successful wildflower meadow
Grass alternatives can save you time and money while protecting the planet. Find out why you might want to consider some of these alternatives to a traditional grass lawn. How much time have you spent
In this article by Fine Gardening learn about the amazing book Give-Away: Beautiful No-Mow Yards, by Evelyn J. Hadden.
The sustainable alternative to turf doesn't need to be mowed or fertilized and requires little to no additional irrigation beyond annual rainfall.
Natural alternatives to grass. We look at the best floor coverings for your garden instead of a high maintenance lawn, and their pros and cons.
These readers have recently started gardening and are having great success. Check out their lush, Albany garden, here.
How do you keep your lawn lush and green? Overseeding lawn is the answer. Learn what overseeding is and how to how to plant grass seed on existing lawn.
These easy-care plant varieties for your garden are the hard-working wonders landscape designers rely on, year after year, including affordable annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees.
Learn which Hosta companion plants will look the best in your yard with lots of shade garden pictures to provide inspiration and ideas.
If asked to recommend one Spring flowering garden plant, I would answer with Candytuft, a pretty evergreen perennial! Here's why!
How to put nandinas to work in your garden
The world’s first grass-free lawn has landed!Imagine we are playing the name association game. If I say ‘lawn’, what do you think of? Most likely it would be ‘grass’. Half right! It could now also …
Shade loving plants are adapted to very little sunlight because of their place in the forest understory. Since the canopies of larger trees and shrubs block as much as 95% of the sunlight that reaches
Add a Stinze bulb lawn (AKA stinzenplanten lawn, stinzen garden) to extend your garden season, it comes and goes before you even begin mowing.
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!
Want to get rid of your unsustainable lawn and replace it with an easy happy meadow? This article shares 5 steps for converting lawn to meadow
Any plant that has green, soft and succulent stem in spite of the wood and brown
Hostas are beautiful plants for garden design and yard landscaping
HGTV shares some of the best shrubs for shade gardens, including shade shrubs such as oakleaf hydrangeas, euonymus, viburnum and elderberries that will add color to your garden with their flowers and foliage.
Considered "the most influential garden designer of the past 25 years," Dutch plantsman Piet Oudolf has done for perennial gardening what artist Leonard Ko
Explore KarlGercens.com GARDEN LECTURES' 191314 photos on Flickr!
Beautifying your landscape doesn't have to be difficult! These annuals and perrenials are easy plants to grow, for green thumbs and new gardeners alike.
Get expert advice for planting and growing lavender, from prepping soil to pruning. Plus, learn about the different types—like English, French and Spanish lavender—and how to harvest and use lavender flowers.
Beautifying your landscape doesn't have to be difficult! These annuals and perrenials are easy plants to grow, for green thumbs and new gardeners alike.
They're so easy to grow!
Pruning azaleas can give tired, old azalea plants a fresh start. It's so easy!
Try growing astilbe for beautiful, showy flowers that do well in a shady garden bed. This perennial has feathery flowers that sit about the fern like foliage in a majestic way. These tips will show you how to grow astilbe and bring color to your shady perennial garden beds.
HGTV offers tips on growing lamb's ears and how to use this soft, fuzzy plant in your garden.
Add a few fast-growing shrubs to add instant excitement (or privacy) to your garden. Here's our favorites.
Create stunning plant combinations for beds, borders, or containers. Unlock your creativity and transform your garden today!
How to put nandinas to work in your garden
Perennials are kind of plants that live for years and mostly grow little buds that bloom into roses of different colors. Perennials grow through different seasons of the year; it depends on the type o
If asked to recommend one Spring flowering garden plant, I would answer with Candytuft, a pretty evergreen perennial! Here's why!
