Creating a Wildlife-Friendly Garden: Tips for Attracting Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
Three-fourths of flowering plants and about 35% of food crops worldwide depend on animal pollinators for reproduction. This is why creating a garden that’s friendly to wildlife is so important. With beautiful birds, butterflies, and bees buzzing…
Proper Planting | Soil is the Home to Your Plants
Staying on top of shrub and hedge pruning is essential to keeping your landscape working for you year after year.
New Home Landscape Done Right | The Blank Canvas
The Glass Door to Nowhere
How many times have you driven by subdivisions built in the last 10 years and seen a square glass sliding door that promises a 12-foot drop to anyone who walks through it? It’s underlined by a wood board,…
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…
Top 10 Plants for Winter Interest (That Aren’t Evergreens)
When you live in a state where winter is the prevalent season 5 months out of the year you really learn to appreciate your warm season landscape. You get used to the idea that winter is just something to suffer through until the green shoots…
Winter Gardening: Maintain a Colorful Landscape During the Cold Months
Your landscape palette doesn’t have to be white and
gray with no end in sight during winter. Although most plants are at rest, you
can still maintain a beautiful, vibrant garden throughout the cold season. By
carefully planning your backyard…
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…
Spring Eternal: Your Guide to Splendid Spring Bulbs
Whether you have acres of land or are planting in
pots, filling your garden with lovely bulbs that will bloom in the Spring and Summer
will surely bring color and joy. Spring bulbs provide a brilliant display that
requires little effort on…
Essential Things to Consider When Planning Your Garden’s Colors
Now that winter has cleared and we’re in the middle of Spring, it’s the
perfect time to plant your garden’s colors. It’s easy to get caught up with
putting in your all your favorite colors, and your landscape ends up looking
like a…