The front yard is a passerby or visitor’s first impression of your home and you. It is also the first thing you see when you ...

Azaleas will create an attractive, fragrant border in front of your house Rosemary is evergreen and can add color throughout the year, even when the hydrangeas are not blooming. 16.

Landscape architects ... Tiny foundation plants in front of a substantial home entrance will be visually lost, but a century-old oak tree might obscure the house completely. The idea is to step ...

Consider Your Home’s Orientation They are considered permanent fixtures in the landscape ... the house. 11. Add a Flowering Tree 11. Add a Flowering Tree Don’t crowd your front yard with ...

Whether you just bought a new house or are looking to jazz up your current one with a new aesthetic, there are plenty of new landscaping ... living space and our own front and backyards provided ...

LawnStarter breaks down the lawn and landscaping projects that deliver the greatest return on investment and homeowner joy.

When it comes to finding the best low-maintenance shrub for the front of your house, Dallas-based landscape designer Melissa Gerstle offers this advice: “Don’t think, ‘I need a shrub.’ ...

Coastal kitchen design ideas like classic all-white spaces, pretty blue cabinets, and warm wood details bring breezy beach ...

When she isn’t sitting in front of a laptop, she spends her time keeping her family of humans, dogs, and one cat fed and healthy and trying to prevent a 100-year-old house from falling down.

The nonprofit group Wild Ones offers a free library of designs, with plants specific to your area — and you don’t have to be ...

Our grandparents planted arborvitae on both sides of the front walk. That was part of the old-school “foundation planting” landscaping ... shrubs too close to the house, they’ll become ...

Roger Cook, who for nearly four decades lent his landscaping know-how to the popular PBS home improvement show, “This Old House,” died last week at age 70 after a lengthy illness, according to ...