Butterfly Garden Tips
June 26, 2009 by Admin
Filed under Featured, Gardening Tips
What is butterfly gardening?
Simply put, butterfly gardening is all about growing flowers and plants that will attract these amazing creatures to your garden.
Thrill your family and visitors with a garden filled with beautiful, colorful, and intriguing butterflies. Kids (and adults) are captivated when these delicate bits of beauty land on their arms… or noses!
Landscape Design Basics
April 23, 2009 by Admin
Filed under Featured, Landscaping Designs
The key to any great landscaping design is to find one that keeps your yard interesting no matter what time of the year it is.
Evergreen trees are the secret plants in a really good landscape design. These fabulous trees will add a stately atmosphere to your home while still keeping it welcoming and warm.
Although adding deciduous trees in the landscape offers variety, evergreens always give stability to a good backyard landscaping design. Deciduous trees are best appreciated in all but winter months… although many folks also enjoy their branch structures during winter. Evergreens are fantastic year round, and this is why they make such a great backyard landscaping additions.
How To Buy Plants That Will Survive In Your Garden
April 16, 2009 by Admin
Filed under Gardening Tips
How often have we all bought plants on impulse only to find there is nowhere in the garden that really suits them.
Before buying plants carefully examine your garden to see how much sun and shade it gets, whether the soil is well drained or waterlogged, and whether your target area is sheltered or windswept.
Just this simple step will help you buy plants suitable for your own garden. Select shade-loving plants for sheltered areas, sun-lovers for warm spots, drought-resistant plants for parched areas (which may be either sunny or shaded), and swamp plants for poorly-drained parts.
Front Yards For Busy People
April 9, 2009 by Admin
Filed under Landscaping Designs
Busy people want easy-to-maintain front yards.
Whether you are a do-it-yourselfer or hire a professional landscape designer, check out these basic components for an ideal front yard for busy homeowners… and renters:
Replace some (or all) of your lawn with ground cover. Depending on your situation, select those that are either heat and drought tollerant, or shade lovers. Some are even resistant to most bugs. Oh, don’t forget… the less lawn you have, the less time you spend mowing it. Read more
Backyard Landscaping Is Really About That “Ahhh…” Feeling
March 12, 2009 by Admin
Filed under Landscaping Designs
Backyard landscaping involves plants, trees, structures, flowers, environmental issues, wildlife, and personal preferences. But a really good landscape reaches beyond these and contributes to our sense of well being. It takes us to that unique sense of… “Ahhh, come get me next week!”
Most people get into backyard landscaping because they want to change the look and feel of their home. They want to make it a wonderful place where their family can feel safe and comfortable at all times. You can also create a sanctuary with good backyard landscaping that will add some peace to your life, whether you are alone or you have a large family and tons of kids.
Backyard landscaping does not have to be drastic. You can do your own, or you can hire a contractor to do it all for you. The choice is yours… but doing it yourself can be a lot of work, especially if you don’t have any experience in this type of thing.
