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Joe and Kathy Touchette’s thoughtfully designed landscape has earned Ramblewood Garden Club’s July Yard of the Month, ...
Artificial grass has come a long way since your granddad’s Astroturf. Today’s synthetics, made of nylon or polymer, have ...
Today’s evergreens not only offer practical solutions to garden challenges—but they look fabulous in the landscape, too. With ...
Maureen Dime’s magical garden in Del Mar has become a welcome spot for hundreds of monarch butterflies. Over the last 13 ...
Planting close to your home's foundation might not seem like the best idea, but it's actually a golden opportunity to frame your home's best features and create lasting color throughout the seasons -- ...
Foundation plantings add color, texture, and beauty to your landscape while also providing camouflage for your home’s less-than-pretty foundation. These plants are fast-growing yet sized right for ...
A front yard garden bed isn't complete until it's been edged, and rocks are a brilliant way to do that. This design has flat rocks stacked over each other, but medium-sized river rock or a variety ...
A front yard that lacks trees, decorative pieces, or a variety of flowers can look boring and dull. Layer shrubs and trees at different heights to create depth and layer in some textures using stone, ...
From camellias to roses, you can boost your home's value by growing these beautiful front yard plants and blooms.
AP: How has public awareness of native plants and biodiversity evolved since you wrote “Bringing Nature Home”? TALLAMY: I have been talking about it for 20 years and can measure the public ...
Front yards transformed to tiny crop farms in Los Angeles provide vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction of the water needed by grass.