Landscape Ideas
When it comes to landscaping in the garden, it’s all about personal style and there are few limits when it comes to creating your own beautiful and original landscape ideas. Are you looking for simplicity and serenity, or do you have time for a more elaborate landscape? Maybe a unique, themed garden, a formal garden or a garden for kids? The following articles should help inspire some creative ideas for the landscape.
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Garden Border Made Of Rocks – Ideas For Stone Garden Edging
Edging creates a physical, visual barrier that separates flower beds from the lawn. And gardeners have an array of choices. Each lends a different ambiance to the property's curb appeal. For a natural look, nothing beats rock garden edging. Learn more here.
By Laura Miller
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Rock Landscape Design – How To Use Rocks In The Garden
Having a landscape with stones adds texture and color to your garden. Once designs are in place, your rock landscape is maintenance-free. Using rocks for gardening works especially well in difficult areas or those plagued by drought. For some ideas using rocks, click here.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Garden Architecture In Gardens: How To Grow Plants With Structure
Garden architecture and structural plants can be used to draw attention to a particular focal point in a garden. Architectural plants are often big and showy, but even smaller plants can be bold, stylish, and dramatic. Learn more in this article.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Popular Curly Plants – Growing Plants That Twist And Turn
Most plants in the garden grow relatively straight. However, some pants grow with a twist, curl, or even a spiral. These plants are sure to draw attention. To learn more about common twisted plants that make great additions in the landscape, click the following article.
By Teo Spengler
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Why Plant A Driveway Garden: Reasons For Gardening Along Driveways
If you think sprucing up your front landscape or backyard garden is as far as you can go in terms of adding plants, think again. Many homeowners are now installing driveway gardens. What is a driveway garden? Click here to find out and to get ideas for your own.
By Teo Spengler
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Growing Plants For Curb Appeal – How To Add Curb Appeal To Your Front Yard
What is the first thing visitors will notice about a home? Front yard landscapes. Improving your front yard will help improve the impression of your home to others. Click the following article for tips on adding curb appeal to your home.
By Teo Spengler
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Patio Landscaping: Ideas For Gardening Around Patios
Gardening around patios can present a daunting challenge, but patio landscaping may be easier than you think. We’ve included a few of our favorite ideas for creating a garden surrounding a patio in the following article. Click here to learn more.
By Mary H. Dyer
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What Is A Pallet Raised Bed: How To Make A Pallet Garden Bed
Although pallet collars are generally used for shipping, they have become a hot commodity among gardeners, who use them to create pallet collar gardens and pallet raised beds. Wondering how you can make a raised bed out of pallet collars? Click here for more info.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Gardening With Color: Learn About Using Color In The Garden
There are numerous flower color combinations that you can use. And with some basic, creative visual art techniques to plan out your garden, you’ll be gardening with color in no time! Click on the following article for more information about using color in the garden.
By Gardening Know How
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Driveway Landscaping Tips: What Are The Best Plants For Driveways
Landscaping is an art, and not one that can be applied the same way to all parts of the yard. Driveway landscaping, in particular, has certain rules that should be followed if you want your plans to succeed. Learn more about growing plants along driveways in this article.
By Liz Baessler
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What Is Pantone – Planting A Garden With Pantone’s Color Palette
Need inspiration for your garden color scheme? Pantone, the system used to match colors for everything from fashion to print, has a beautiful and inspiring palette each year. Click this article to learn how to use pantone color palettes in the garden.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Teen Hangout Gardens: Tips On Designing Gardens For Teenagers
Creating a backyard for teens gives them a space to hang out with their friends, close to home but away from the adults. If you’ve never heard of teenage garden design, click here. We’ll fill you in on what gardens for teenagers look like and how you can do this yourself.
By Teo Spengler
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Driftwood Garden Art: Tips On Using Driftwood In The Garden
Whether garden décor is new, upcycled, or made from natural materials, there’s no denying it can add a sense of charm. Driftwood, for example, has gained popularity in recent years just for this reason, and you can find some driftwood ideas for the garden here.
By Tonya Barnett
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What Is A Stumpery Garden – Stumpery Ideas For The Landscape
Hugelkulture isn't the only way to use logs and stumps. A stumpery provides interest, habitat, and a low maintenance landscape that is appealing to nature lovers. What is a stumpery? Find out here and learn how to create your own in this article.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Mailbox Garden Ideas: Tips For Gardening Around A Mailbox
What is a mailbox garden? Mailbox garden design centers on the mailbox and the space around it. How extravagant you get is up to you but consider the size, maintenance, and access to the space before you begin planting. Learn more in this article.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Good Plants For Berms: What To Grow On A Berm
Whatever the reason you choose for creating a berm in your garden, don’t forget to choose and put in the best berm plants to make it really pop and look like more than just a random hill. Looking for some ideas for planting on a berm? The following article can help.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Berm Edging Tips – How To Make Borders For Berms
A berm is a good way to add visual interest to a landscape, but this mounded bed is also practical. If you like neat and tidy edges on your beds, consider the berm borders you’ll create before designing and building one. Click this article to learn more about edges for berms.
By Mary Ellen Ellis

