Terraced Hillside Landscaping Nobody enjoys wrestling with a steep lawn. Transform this hillside with terraced planting beds along rough stone stairs rather than turf grass. For year-round texture and ...

Best Plants for Porch Landscaping Plants for porch landscaping do more than look pretty—they help frame your home and set the ...

Though any part of a yard can be landscaped, many homeowners put more effort into landscaping the front yard. This may be because the front yard is usually closest to the home's main entrance, and ...

You can sketch out a plan based on your usable space and how you hope to use it. Place taller trees and shrubs toward the back, medium-sized plants in the middle, and low-growing flowers or ground ...

As a homeowner, you probably already know about the importance of curb appeal (perhaps your home’s curb appeal is the reason the property caught your eye in the first place?). Not only does it impact ...

Not only do rock gardens add beauty and dimension to any outdoor space, they require little maintenance and can accommodate awkward or difficult landscapes (such as steep hillsides). No matter the ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

As Dallas homeowners welcome spring and look forward to summer right around the corner, it’s time to start updating landscaping in both the front and back yards. From easy, inexpensive DIY changes to ...

The temperature was in the 90s in the West Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, but that didn’t deter an astonishing number of monarch butterflies, hummingbirds and bees from feeding on the ...

In New Orleans, it doesn't take a serious storm to drown a road in rising water. Just a quick downpour can cause street flooding. In the summertime, when cloud bursts are common, some residents have ...