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Yard Landscaping Help for Beginners

Just a beginner at landscaping yards? This section will help you understand landscape terms with its glossary and explanations of scientific names. Beginners will also find help through answers to frequently asked questions on yard landscaping, and introductory pieces on landscape design, history and maintenance. You'll also find access to book reviews and a free online landscaping course!

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Landscaping, A Yard at a Time - Free Landscape Design Course
Receive a daily newsletter in your emailbox with links to tips for landscape design and maintenance work. It's the perfect learning vehicle for those who don't want to have to "click around" a Web site to discover its contents. Instead, easily digested "lessons" are already organized for you and delivered to you daily.

Frequently Asked Questions About Landscaping
A good place for beginners to start, here you'll find answers to frequently asked questions. Whether you're concerned with spring maintenance or fall -- or with "heated driveways" technology to melt away the winter's snow -- you'll find tips here. Find out about lawnmowers, lawn care and irrigation. Learn about masonry and fences, about mulching and rock gardens.

Residential Landscaping
These articles on residential landscaping provide users tips on backyard design for the do-it-yourselfer seeking information. Backyard design and maintenance are the backbone of residential landscaping.

Landscaping Glossary
Understanding the history of landscaping also means understanding its terminology, definitions for which you'll find in this landscape design glossary. Find terms used by architects in planning landscape design themes. Includes indispensable terms from fields related to landscape design, such as arboriculture, soil science and masonry.

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