Best Plants for Porch Landscaping Plants for porch landscaping do more than look pretty—they help frame your home and set the ...

You can sketch out a plan based on your usable space and how you hope to use it. Place taller trees and shrubs toward the back, medium-sized plants in the middle, and low-growing flowers or ground ...

There's something of a renaissance happening in the design of front yards recently. Sure, we've always wanted curb appeal for front yards - a neat lawn, some seasonal color maybe - but always in aid ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Saguaro and senita cacti, and red-blooming Tecoma stans, boast appealing colors and textures in a resilient desert garden. Learn to choose the right plants for a drought-tolerant landscape front yard ...

Just as every house has a personality — whether it’s a ranch, bungalow, Queen Anne, Tudor, Cape Cod or any other architectural style — the landscape that surrounds it has a personality, too, ...

Soft details like flowers, grasses, and shrubs all get plenty of attention when landscaping a yard, but don’t underestimate the power of rock. From large stones that serve as focal points to loose ...

Terraced Hillside Landscaping Nobody enjoys wrestling with a steep lawn. Transform this hillside with terraced planting beds along rough stone stairs rather than turf grass. For year-round texture and ...

Whether you're redoing a single garden bed or your entire front yard, these expert tips will make the endeavour easier on ...

Take some time to work on edible landscaping design for delicious food all season long. It is simple to use foliage, flowers and fruit for edible landscaping front yard and back. The edible landscape ...

In our July 2014 issue, we visited a stunning Kirkland backyard that had been transformed into a natural wonderland using plant species native to the Pacific Northwest. The project’s landscape ...