Landscaping proves time is of the essence
Time is very important to Mary Higgins. “I like to be on time,” she explains of getting her garden going each spring. “I have time frames for everything. Every daylight…
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Growing up gardening
Donna Everly’s love for gardening started as a child when she hung around a local nursery every day after school. Her experience, however, began the day that nursery finally put…
Down the garden path
It took seven months of internal and external renovations to Lindsey Clark’s new home before she could move into it. Part of the project included the home’s yards. In that…
Unique landscape design creates secluded sanctuary
Back in 1988, when Bo and Sukey Brown bought their circa 1942 home in Southwestern Ohio, the back yard was great for the four kids, ages 12, 10, 8, and…
The six secrets of a container garden
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? If Mary has a container garden, the answer to this question is: With research, precision and beauty. Container gardening is a…
Landscape ideas go out of the ordinary
When I take a look around my neighborhood, I see the same plant palette and landscape ideas repeated over and over: Red maple, ornamental pear and crabapple trees; Boxwoods, yews,…
Relaxed and sustainable garden ideas
Elsa’s garden is an oasis in the city. Decades ago, the garden was a grazing area for cows and horses that were kept in the carriage house that is now…
Neat and orderly garden design
A visit to the Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, Maryland ignited an interest in topiary forms in Anne, the owner of this garden, because of their symmetry and order. It…
Passion blooms in a garden design
It could be said that the seasons of Barbara Eichert’s life have been carefully marked by each garden design she has created. Her love for the earth began at the…
Green and serene
The home of Henk and Ruby DeRee is well situated on the beautiful Muirfield golf course in Dublin, with a serene view of the fairways and greens that extend the…
Backyard ideas influenced by nature
The landscaping around a home is more than just an arrangement of plants, trees and shrubs; it can be a reflection of life and a natural representation of your personality…