Learn the basics of landscape design If you're thinking about giving your lawn a makeover, there a few things you need to remember. The experts at Pike Nurseries show off the basic principles of ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Successful landscaping is more than just an innate desire to always be in touch with nature. Designing the landscape of public spaces, gardens, or even indoors is an ever-growing concern due to how ...

Al fresco living is having a moment. We’re all using our personal outdoor spaces more than ever, in fact, according to a recent survey conducted by TruGreen, folks are spending 14 hours a week outside ...

Many traditional home landscapes feature vast areas of under-utilized space, such as large turf grass lawns. Sustainable sites feature spaces for human enjoyment, considering opportunities to design ...

Good gardens don't just happen; they're the results of careful planning and observation. I suggest you get to know your property over the course of at least all four seasons before you commit to any ...

Landscape design basics : Why is that yard so pretty? ; Plants as design elements ; Site analysis : what you have, what you want ; Putting it all together -- Considerations in planting : Climate ...