Free Landscaping Ideas – How To Correctly Plant a Tree

Planting a tree is a wonderful experience, and helps enhance the beauty of the earth we live on. But care and forethought should be exercised in advance to help insure that each tree can reach its full potential.
In general, it's best to try to plant young trees if you can. It's certainly possible to plant a mature tree, but it's very difficult to do for the average homeowner, and very expensive    .. more ...

Landscaping Lessons – Simplicity As A Principle of landscape Design

Simplicity, believe it or not, is one of the basic principles of landscape design. It not only is a principle of landscaping, but also of all art forms. And it is just as the word implies. Keep it simple. At least to begin with.However, simplicity doesn't imply that your landscaping should be totally without character or be simplistic so to speak. It just means to stick with the other major    .. more ...

Front Yard Landscaping Ideas – How To Plant And Care For Shrubs

Caring for both trees and shrubs is basically done in a very similar manner. The one major difference though, is that a tree usually only has one trunk, whereas a shrub can have several stems or trunks. And the planting of both trees and shrubs can be a little different too, so let's discuss the best way to plant shrubs in your home landscape.
It wasn't all that long ago that getting shrubs that    .. more ...

Front Yard Landscaping Ideas For Around Foundations

When choosing and setting out plants in the front yard or any landscaping for that matter, you need to consider more than just how things will look. You should also consider other factors such as sun or shade, duration of sun or shade, soil type, purpose, the elements, and what specific plants will require or do in the future. There are also a other considerations such as how close to plant to    .. more ...

Pictures Of Landscaping – Using Other Peoples Ideas To Design Your Landscape.

One of the most common searches on my site is for pictures of landscaping. So I know that a lot of folks rely on photos of other peoples designs to get ideas. But at the same time, while I do have a large picture directory of other peoples projects on my site, the most common questions I receive are still related to specific shapes and design ideas.
It would seem that with as many pictures of    .. more ...

Principles Of Landscaping – Simplicity As A Principle of landscape Design

Simplicity, believe it or not, is one of the basic principles of landscape design. It not only is a principle of landscaping, but also of all art forms. And it is just as the word implies. Keep it simple. At least to begin with.

However, simplicity doesn't imply that your landscaping should be totally without character or be simplistic so to speak. It just means to stick with the other major    .. more ...

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