Pond-planning Pointers for Beginning Water Gardeners

People are passionate about ponds. Perhaps it's the quiet laziness that surrounds them, like a minivacation waiting in the backyard. Perhaps it's the shimmering surface reflecting a glorious world of sky, flowers, and foliage.

Landscaping With Bulbs

There are numerous places around most American homes where bulbs will add a delightful display in the springtime: by patios, in rock gardens and beds, along paths or driveways.

Building a Retaining Wall

Retaining walls solve all kinds of problems if you're blessed (or cursed) with a contoured lot. You can use them to transform that hill you dread mowing into a low-maintenance terraced garden.

Correcting a Foundation Grade

An improper grade can direct water toward, rather than away from, the foundation of the house and can cause water to seep through basement walls. To remedy the problem, you'll need to regrade the soil so that it has a gradual slope away from the house of about 3/4 inch per horizontal foot.

Building a Retaining Wall System

Retaining walls are a great way to create a more useful, beautiful, and sometimes safer landscape around your home.

Fences & Gates

A fence can provide several things: privacy, a weather barrier, containment for children or pets, protection from intruders, or merely decoration. Deciding which is most important to you will lead you to what type of fence you should build.

Planting Trees and Shrubs

You can get your trees and shrubs in three different forms, and there are different planting methods for each.

Planting Trees and Shrubs

Good grass is important, but it is only one element in a beautiful lawn. Grass can be enhanced by attractive trees, shrubs, flowers, etc. Although trees and shrubs are hearty plants, they must be planted correctly to survive.