The Beginner’s Guide to Foodscaping
Whether you have ten acres or just a small plot of land, you can make your property work for you through foodscaping. It’s a sustainable approach to gardening without space-consuming rows and a dedicated garden area. Edible landscapes replace things like shrubs, flowers, and bushes with produce growing alongside your ornamental plants to make better […]
Spruce Up Your Yard This Winter with These 7 Tips
Winter doesn’t have to mean bland. It’s possible (and easy) to spruce up your yard with these 7 winter landscaping tips. 1. Topiaries When do boring evergreens add a unique accent to your landscaping? When you trim them into eye-catching shapes. Unless you have a true artistic flair for complex shapes and figures, you can […]
Look Out for These Top 6 Landscaping Trends in 2022
Whether it’s using environmentally friendly materials in creating our landscaping or planting herbs and vegetables to cut down on produce costs at the grocery store, one thing is sure: our landscaping will be moving in a different direction this year than in previous years. Here are the top 6 landscaping trends we predict for 2022: […]
8 Tips to Prepare Your Trees For the Fall Season
With the cooler weather fast approaching, you may be looking forward to a little break from yard work. Before you curl up on the couch with a warm cup of hot chocolate, however, make sure all your efforts this spring and summer are rewarded next spring with strong, healthy plants and trees. Don’t just “leaf” […]
Protect Your Garden from Summer Storms
“Chance of late afternoon thunderstorms” is a part of nearly every meteorologist’s forecast between May and October. Even on the sunniest summer day, the possibility exists for dark clouds, high winds, pounding rain—even hail—when the right combination of cool and warm air, humidity, and other triggers are present. Humans and pets can take cover indoors, […]
Get Gardening While Social Distancing
Just three months ago, very few people had ever heard of the phrase “social distancing.” Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find a single adult anywhere in the world who is unfamiliar with the term or its meaning. As the pandemic continues, social distancing is recognized as one of the most important things we can do […]
How to Create a Beautiful 3-Season Garden
Cleaning up your garden area, especially after Maryland’s warm, wet, windy winter, can be a daunting task. Use this 15-point checklist to help pace yourself so you can see progress and stay motivated while you get your flower beds and shrubs cleaned up. Check for Signs of Growth In Maryland, some of the earliest “proof […]
Landscaping Trends for 2020 – Making Your Garden Beautiful… & Eco-Friendly
Once the ground has thawed and the hard frost warning dates have passed, many of us can’t wait to get elbow-deep in the rich, good earth. For many, just this will be more than enough to soothe the soul and begin to create the beauty we all want in our outdoor spaces! Some of us, […]
How to Get the Most Out of Front Yard Landscaping
When someone drives up to your home for the first time, what do they see? Do they notice a beautiful landscape which has been cared for carefully, or do they find a mess of weeds and overgrown bushes? If you’d like to make sure your front yard will impress each and every visitor, and even […]
Summer Landscaping Tips: Do’s and Don’ts
Summer is the time of year when your landscaping can really shine. In many ways, the work you do during the rest of the year is all meant to have your property looking its best during those warm summer evenings spent out on the deck or patio. With that said, you can’t exactly take summer […]
The Best Ways to Save Water in Your Landscaping
It’s never a good thing to waste water. While your landscape almost certainly needs at least a little water to thrive, you don’t want to use any more than is necessary. Our natural resources are limited and using those resources in a responsible manner is an obligation we all share. Fortunately, there are plenty of […]
Tips For Safely Planting Around Your Home’s Foundation
There’s much more to landscaping than just picking out what plant life you like and where to place them. Your home’s foundation must also be taken into consideration. With that being said, here are six tips to help guide you with safely planting and landscaping around your home’s foundation. Create Space Leave at least two […]