As a gardener, fall is one of the most important parts of the year to look after your lawn and plants. It is the time of year that most of nature goes into hibernation and your garden or yard is exactly the same. In this blog we take off where[…]
Summer has been and gone and fall is now all around, and it is the time of the year that you need to prepare your garden and yard for the bitter winter months that are on the way. In this blog we will look at the things you need to[…]
The second part of our blog to dispense great landscaping ideas for your home and garden starts with a great landscaping trick of the trade which is adding height. In grand gardens this is often done by the planting of trees on the horizon to give the land a sense[…]
Not many people can afford a huge landscaped garden surrounding a manor house, with lakes and wildlife parks, all designed by Capability Brown. Indeed this is for the very few, perhaps only royalty or the landed gentry. But this does not mean you cannot incorporate some of the great landscaping[…]
If you are considering English landscaped gardens in the 18th Century, there is one name that changed the face of the nation’s mansions and estates and that was Lancelot Capability Brown. Brown took the idea of landscaping a garden to a completely different level to what it had been prior[…]
The concluding part of our blog in how to make your small garden or backyard look as good as a landscaped garden, features even more illusions and tips how to design and create the perfect outdoor space. We have already looked at things like creating small zones and staying away[…]
The second part of our blog of how to make your small outdoor space look larger and more interesting, offers even more tips and tricks of the trade on how you can develop small gardens into something quite magical and exciting. Use Unique Vertical Features One thing a small space[…]
Just because you have a small garden or outdoor space does not mean that you cannot use landscaping techniques to brighten up your garden so you can enjoy it more. There are numerous ways you can achieve brilliant results in a small space, as long as you have imagination and[…]
The second part of our blog into what you can plant alongside each other in your garden looks at shady spots, shape and color combinations, and the best overall pairings that really go well together. These tips are sometimes well documented and some are just ideas to be bold and[…]
Part of creating a landscaped garden is knowing how to design a garden so that it most pleasing to the eye and what types of plant, shrubs and flower you should plant together. It is not as easy as it sounds, as you can plant by color, season, height, type[…]