Landscape Costs: Driveways, Sidewalks, and Patios
Theres nothing like a great plan to make a landscape project reality. A good plan not only includes a thoughtful landscape design but a budget plan too. Weve researched costs associated with driveways, sidewalks
Make Your Garden Feel Like a Room A bench in a secluded corner ofthe garden may be all it takes tocreate an intimate retreat. For some, the entire garden is a respite. From border to border, the garden serves as
Add this fountain to your garden as an interesting water element. For this project, youll need a site with access to electricity, a small recirculating pump (choose the smallest one available; youll need only ge
How to Create a Water Garden in a Weekend
Learn how to make a container water garden, the perfect focal point on a deck or patio, with these quick and easy steps. continue reading below Step 1 Choose an appropriate container and place
Building a Bentwood Plant Tepee
Create willow tuteurs in several sizes for your garden. This willow tepee makes a wonderful garden accent, even when its not supporting a climbing plant. The formal name for this type of structure is tuteur, fro
You can use old bricks to make a striking new walkway. The irregular size of the bricks add to the charm of this project, but also make fitting everything together more of a challenge. Just follow these steps:
1. Umbrellas. A large sun umbrella is a must-have in gardens that lack shade trees. Stand-alone umbrellas can be moved where needed -- to shade a lounge chair, for instance -- while table umbrellas generally sta
Stretching Your Landscape Budget
A landscape project can range in cost from a few hundred dollars to many thousands. Regardless of your budget, it will pay you to spend some time thinking about ways you can make the best use of your landscaping
Planting Tips Some water garden plants grow in containers submerged beneath the surface of the water. Others float directly on the surface. Yet others grow in moist soil around the edge of the pond. A well-desig
Covered with morning glories, our vine pole becomes a flowering lollipop -- but a lollipop as big as you are. For a vine to grow up, it must grow up something. A trellis can be that supportive something, as can
Get a Handle on Landscape Costs
From designing a new patio to making plans for a front yard overhaul, landscape projects are intriguing to plan; however, when it comes time to put real cost figures to the pictures on paper or the vision in your head,
This attractive water garden and plants are protected from changing temperatures. Rather than placing a container on top of the soil where its susceptible to temperature fluctuations, lower a pot into the ground
Energy-Efficient Landscaping Tips
Sitting under a shade tree on a hot day makes you cooler, and standing by a wall on a cold, windy day makes you feel warmer. It seems pretty obvious. Whats less obvious is that you can landscape your yard to offer your
Gardeners in snowy regions have plenty of reasons to get cold feet about winter: Plants are at rest and their bright colors dissipate, leaving a palette of white and gray. And with nothing to plant, they might t
Before You Start The how-to instructions provided here are for the birdbath trellis. However, you can use these techniques to create a variety of designs. Add color by mixing dye into the concrete or by applying c
Our homes are our castles, our retreats, our memory makers -- and that goes for our outside spaces as much as our inside spaces. Many people have an easier time creating comfortable, welcoming interior rooms than they
How to Design a Garden by Plant Height
Choose Plants in Scale When selecting plants, keep them in scale with their surroundings. For instance, if a bed skirts a 4-foot-tall fence, add plants that will stretch a little above the fence posts. If you sele
We all lead busy lives -- school, work, sports, hobbies, housekeeping -- the list at times seems endless. When it comes to landscaping, many homeowners dont have time to fiddle with fussy plants or deadhead endless blo
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