Landscape Design
Good landscape design can be fun and rewarding with a little prior planning. Consider the shape and size of your property, any hardscape needs, how to do it, and your own personal style to make it reflect your taste. Read here for ideas.
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10 Foolproof Plants that are Far Cheaper in Fall – Fill Up Your Yard for Years of Beautiful BloomsThe smart gardener’s secret to next year’s spectacular summer border starts now with end-of-season bargains and brilliant bare root perennials to plant in fall.
By Clare Walker
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9 Innovative DIY Raised Bed Ideas You’ve Never Seen Before to Elevate Your Backyard DesignForget dull wooden rectangles – the latest raised bed ideas use color, shape and innovative materials to set garden design apart.
By Sarah Wilson
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9 Landscape-Design Ideas to Make Your Garden Feel Cooler in High Summer HeatFrom adding dappled shade and trickling water to layering up lush planting and misting the patio, these designer ideas will turn your garden into a much more comfortable space.
By Sarah Wilson
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9 Creative Landscape-Designer Tricks for Drought-Tolerant Gardens that Cut Watering Time, Not StyleYou can create a striking yet resilient backyard that needs very little irrigation to flourish with these clever low-water landscaping tips and techniques.
By Sarah Wilson
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10 Budget Backyard Ideas to Carry Your Garden Into Fall – Act Before August Ends for Late-Season Style That Doesn't Break the BankCheap, chic and seriously easy to do: a little forward planning lets you fill your yard with autumn flowers and appealing garden features for less.
By Emma Kendell
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10 Best Easy-to-Grow Ornamental Grasses That Add a Professional Polish to Your BackyardLandscaped style, zero guesswork! Find the exact right ornamental grass to solve your yard’s trickiest problems and get a designer look for less.
By Clare Walker
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10 Front-Yard Shrubs Landscape Designers Love But Anyone Can Grow – They Need Almost No WateringDitch that thirsty hydrangea and improve your curb appeal with a resilient drought-tolerant shrub that doesn't steal hours of your time through summer.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Every Garden Needs One Plant That Keeps Flowering When Everything Else Gives Up – and You Can Rely on These 7 Late-Season HeroesFlowers that carry on blooming through summer into fall without much help from you, and reliably return year after year? Yes please!
By Emma Kendell
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7 Best Fall-Flowering Clematis For Months of Abundant Blooms on Well-Behaved Vines – and One You Should Never PlantIf you don’t have one of these lovely late-season bloomers in your garden, you’re missing a trick. Plant one in August, pronto!
By Emma Kendell
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Garden Privacy Screens Just Arrived at Target and They're the Instant Shade Fix We All NeedA stylish privacy screen can do so much more in a backyard than block out nosy neighbors, and at this price you can buy two.
By Emma Kendell
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4 Clever Landscaping Tricks That Keep Pests Out – Stop Ticks, Ants, and Mosquitoes with These Natural BarriersPest problems are often layout problems in disguise. These simple landscaping tweaks will drastically cut down on mosquitoes, ticks, and more in your backyard.
By Tyler Schuster
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Is Too Much Color Killing Your Curb Appeal? Try This 2-Color Plant Trick for Easy Style PointsIt’s easy to go overboard with summer displays and use every color you love, but the results can look jarring. This trick calms the chaos and boosts your street cred with high impact color
By Teo Spengler
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10 Dazzling DIY Ideas to Landscape Your Garden Fence and Add Style and Color to Your YardMake better use of your boundaries with these inspirational ideas that can be achieved in a weekend without busting the budget.
By Sarah Wilson
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4 Easy Ways to Turn Raised Beds Into Self-Watering Gardens That Thrive in Summer Heat & Drought – Even When You Leave TownSpend less time watering and more time enjoying your garden. Here's how to turn raised beds into self-watering systems you can practically ignore.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Glorious Groundcover is the Soil-Cooling Secret to Blooming Borders This SummerActing as their own living mulch to lock moisture in the ground, these 7 flowering plants are a showstopper solution for tired beds in July, and will bring bobby-dazzler blooms that last into fall.
By Emma Kendell
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9 Clever Landscape-Design Tricks to Make a Boxy Backyard Feel Big and BeautifulMany urban gardens are small, square plots but there are plenty of smart design techniques you can use to make your yard appear far more spacious.
By Sarah Wilson
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10 Ravishing Purple Flowers to Grow for the Most Beautiful Garden Borders of All Time – Get Ready to Swoon!This dazzling parade of perennial purple blooms will pack your yard with wonderful color and fill your heart with joy.
By Clare Walker

