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A private garden need only please its owner; after all, taste is very individual. But while beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, there are some basic garden design principles to keep in mind. An ...

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This hardy DIY planter is easy to construct. Learn how to build a brick flower bed to create a garden space that’ll withstand the elements and add value to your property. If you’d like to complete a ...

As the temperatures drop, you should expect to see fewer blooms in your garden, but there are a few tough flowers that will ...

While landscaping brings greenery to many people’s minds, rocks are an important part of landscaping, too. Perhaps more accurately a hardscaping element, the various types of landscaping rocks add a ...

You can find sidekicks everywhere: TV, of course (Ed McMahon to Johnny Carson); movies (Walter Sobchak to Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski); literature (Dr. Watson to Sherlock Holmes). Many well-designed ...