David's Landscaping Blog

Patricia Buckley Ebrey prepared a detailed yet succinct resource on classical Chinese garden design for the University of Washington. "It may be useful to note that what we are calling ... Read More

Will you be working on a deck or garden arbor this spring? Or perhaps installing a wooden fence? If so, you almost certainly will be operating power tools. Noisier and ... Read More

Is this the spring when you'll finally undertake that long-promised landscaping makeover? If so, you may be considering the option of using landscape design software. In that case, a recent ... Read More

Don't know where to begin with landscape design? The online landscape design course that I'm offering may be just the thing for you. Have a lesson delivered to your e-mailbox ... Read More

Those of us who have yards take landscaping for granted. But there are ways that even apartment-dwellers can experience their own little piece of Mother Nature. "Living in an apartment ... Read More

Pat Veretto, About's Guide to Frugal Living, writes about a topic that is right up my alley. I make no bones about it: I just don't like to spend money ... Read More

In some ways, it's great when you can start with a clean slate in establishing a landscape design. Otherwise, you run into the sort of difficulty encountered by today's featured ... Read More

It's planning season now for your new landscape design, as we anticipate the planting season for 2006. Oh, how much difference one little letter can make in a word! I'd ... Read More

Frankly, when it comes to Groundhog Day, there are two vocal camps -- one of which holds Groundhog Day to be the most insipid of holidays. I myself belong to ... Read More

"Nothing makes a home feel more welcoming, warm and alive than house plants. And if you're like me, your plants are part of the family; a member you can't part ... Read More

When you're planning a hardscape design (in this example, for decks and sheds), how do you go about researching the information you'll need? That's the question raised in this week's ... Read More

Marie Iannotti, About's Guide to Gardening, will get you thinking about this spring's garden design with this thoughtful piece. Think of it as "Garden Design 101," as Marie helps you ... Read More

Marie Iannotti, About's Gardening Guide, reassures us that, while pruning roses "is intimidating to many gardeners," it is "actually very good for the plants. Becoming an accomplished rose pruner takes ... Read More

Realtime Landscaping Pro landscape design software finally convinced me to advance from drawing plans the old way to letting landscape design software do it for me.

Do so-called "invasive plants" get a bum rap? Is it fair to say that what draws down our ire upon them is their success? Invasive plants, such as the Japanese ... Read More

Retaining walls are often necessary, but that doesn't mean they're always attractive. This week's featured poster in the Landscaping Discussion Forum raises the question of how to hide ugly retaining ... Read More

Landscaping and bird watching are a natural fit for each other, as I've discussed in my articles on plants that attract wild birds. And many people choose winter as ... Read More

Reader, Donald Jackson came across my brief look at the history of lawns in North America and related that he's curious about one possibility I didn't mention...."A large percentage of ... Read More

"Hydrangeas are experiencing a resurgence of interest by both gardeners and breeders," states Marie Iannotti, About's Gardening Guide. Read Marie's article on hydrangeas to discover why this old-time favorite is ... Read More

"Complete Landscaping" is put out by a name you can trust in matters of the home and yard: This Old House. What I especially like about This Old House's book ... Read More