Pergola Design | A Material and Structure Guide
Structures in your landscape can be the magic ingredient when it comes to creating a defined space. Pergolas in particular can create the feeling of walls and a roof to set a portion of your landscape apart from the rest. Use them to cover…
Are you Dreaming About a Pool in your Backyard?
Staying on top of shrub and hedge pruning is essential to keeping your landscape working for you year after year.
Deck Maintenance | Fall in Love With Your Deck This Spring
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Outdoor Fireplaces | A Guide to Heat Up Your Landscape
Outdoor fireplaces have been a rising trend in outdoor living design over the past decade. A fireplace also provide an elegant focal point that visually transforms a patio into an outdoor living space. Outdoor fireplaces create a warm and inviting…
Paver Sealer | Protect Your Investment
By sealing using a paver sealer, you can protect your paver project from stains, fading, and salt damage. Exposure to the elements will naturally start to fade your paver over time, but stains can occur in a number of ways. For example, cars…
The Buck (and Doe) Stops Here: Keeping Deer Out of Your Landscape
The U.S. is home to approximately 30 million deer, according to an article at actionbioscience.org, an educational website sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). These animals are so numerous that they’re…
Winter-Hardy Plants for Pinterest-Worthy Gardens
When someone talks about gardens and gardening, most people
automatically picture flower beds full of blossoms and trees covered in lush green
leaves—things that occur primarily in the Spring and Summer. As November
signals the tail end of…
From the Hearth: Give Your Outdoor Fireplace and Firepit the Maintenance They Deserve
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Your outdoor fireplace is always a welcome
companion, whether you’re spending time on your patio with family and friends
or just having “me-time”. There’s nothing like using it to keep yourself warm
while…
Pergola Paradise: Boosting Both Garden Functionality and Aesthetics
Whenever gardens are mentioned, the first things that come to mind are
flowers in full bloom, gorgeous trees, and immaculately manicured lawns; a
space bursting with greenery and life.
The best gardens, however, don’t just contain
things…