We suggest that you reach out to your local UME Master Gardener group to ask about available landscape design classes, ...

Understanding the elements of color, texture and scale will bring you closer to achieving the landscape design of your dreams. The use of color is probably the most complex of the three, because it ...

What makes a luxury backyard oasis both beautiful and livable in a town like Fairfield, CT? That’s the question answered in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Gold writes about wellness design and related housing topics. The days of golf course lawns may be coming to an end, ...

The contrast in size and shape with the foliage in this photo makes the cute little chicken all the more interesting. Once upon a time a young refinery worker had one too many before heading home. It ...

The most popular element in landscape design is color, but texture is another important building block. Texture in gardening can be seen as well as felt, and is used primarily to provide contrast.

Successful landscaping is more than just an innate desire to always be in touch with nature. Designing the landscape of public spaces, gardens, or even indoors is an ever-growing concern due to how ...

Oftentimes landscape designers are called in to execute a one-time overhaul or to create an instant landscape for a site that’s been ravaged by construction. Every once in a while, though, they’re ...

REDLANDS >> Planning and restraint can be a gardener’s best friend in landscape design. “People are often impatient and want instant gratification, so they plant several things and then over time they ...