Landscaping Lawn Care

In a garden space intended for peace, quiet and relaxation, pastel garden schemes are often used. Pastel colors also adorn everything around Easter time to celebrate the start of spring.

We are only limited by our imagination. Just consider how much time is saved by computer aided design (CAD) software. Using technology in landscape architecture has become easier than ever.

Adding plants that provide natural textures in different seasons, like a, is a great way to do this. The wabi sabi aesthetic grew out ofin Japan and involves an appreciation for the forms and changes of natural landscapes.

Smaller chunks or individually framed pieces reflect light in a playful manner. Use of mirrors in garden design provides much the same experience with the additional benefits of reflecting light to brighten darker areas of the landscape.

If you are using paint on a wooden barrier around a raised food bed, you might want to think twice about a purchased paint, however, which can leach into the soil and may be toxic.An interesting and safe paint option here is milk paint.

The feel that you are trying to achieve is important, but so are plant needs. Lighting, ability to provide water, theme and many other considerations need to come into play. One design strategy is creating pocket gardens.

These small statuettes have been around for centuries and have a rich heritage in European gardens. Garden gnomes are effigies of small squat little men with snowy beards and red pointed caps.

If you decide to plant evergreens, ensure they are widely spaced and not too tall.Evergreens contain oils and resins that encourage fast moving, raging fires. Be sure fences are constructed of non-flammable materials.Avoid bark mulch around your house.

Appreciating the concept of a garden axis or line of sight will act as a guide when placing a focal point in gardens.Once the garden axis has been determined, visually divide the garden into sections and decide which areas you will want to emphasize with...

Utility boxes for things like electricity, cable, and phone lines are the perfect example of this. That being said, there are ways to hide utility boxes that don't conflict with any restrictions.If you can't plant anything within a certain distance of...

The gravely soil fill that is oftentimes used in the construction of walls may drain too well, and usually lacks any nutrients to help the plants establish.After the wall's first level of stone is laid, rich growing media and plants are placed in the...

Small mandala gardens can still feel like a secluded, sacred space by ringing them with tall grasses, columnar shrubs or evergreens.Again, depending on your preference and/or budget, mandala garden paths can be made with sand, pebbles, bricks or tiles,...

Draw faces or apples on the front of the bags and carefully cut them out. You can place these throughout the garden and along the walkway, or basically anywhere you would like to draw attention.

This is how you'll add water to the reservoir.Fill the hole with gravel, and then place the frame of your raised bed on top. Drill a hole near the bottom of the frame – this will allow water to escape if the reservoir overflows and will keep your plants...

Moss adds a natural element if your dry creek bed is in the shade. Remove existing vegetation and dig your dry creek bed, then line the bed with landscape fabric held in place with landscape pins.

Keep reading to learn more moondial information, like using moondials in gardens and how to make a moondial of your own.Before you get too excited about moondials, there's one thing you have to understand: they don't work very well.

Continue reading for the answer.A few years ago, I did a backyard garden design for a retired art teacher. This is an example of color blocking.Color blocking is simply using several different plants of one color or complementary shades to create an eye-catching...

Plants can grow quite rapidly once planted and over planting is a common problem in landscape design.. However, if a landscape designer comes to your home for a consultation and says “We'll just put a row of yews along this side, a bunch of spirea and...

An easy rustic idea is to distress an Adirondack or other wooden chair. Make sure you have a budget in mind before you start shopping and look outside the box if your budget is puny.Depending upon your needs and style, your garden seating ideas should...

However, all sundials tell time according to the position of the sun.In general, most sundials consist of a rod (known as a “gnomen”) that casts a shadow on the flat surface of the dial, with lines on the dial that align with the shadow, one hour...

Landscape Architecture includes the knowledge of plant requirements, whether they are sun and shade conditions, growth patterns or plant features. Up lighting or down lighting of trees and accent lighting on special features can create a very enchanting...

Thinking on a hugand Harvard's Arnold Arboretum with green parkways, most including areas for vehicular traffic as well as pedestrians. Sometimes open sewage ran in the streets. If he had not replaced boggy unhealthy areas with beautiful public gardens...

No matter how careful you are moving cacti about, you will still likely end up with a spine deeply buried in you somewhere (usually your fingers). Heavy ones will often surprise you and sit comfortably and stably in a hole if the roots are covered completely...

The low-growing varieties of sedum perform very well as groundcover, but in heavy use areas, they suffer a less than pleasing effect. Prepare the bed by tilling to a depth of 6 inches and check that you have good drainage.

They can take a little drying out.While not entirely necessary, you can pamper your plants with a bit of 20-20-20 fertilizer to promote growth and blooming. From spring through summer, yourlawn replacement will speckle the groundcover foliage with tiny...

There are dozens of varieties from which to choose, many of which are native to North America. The plants don't really need much nutrient addition but an annual spring fertilizing will get them off to a good growing season start.Native sedge lawns need...

Closer spacing gives more rapid coverage, but will cost you more and the plants will fill in fairly quickly. That's generally the point.Keep the area moist and either manually keep the weeds out or use a spot weed killer, not lawn weed killer.