Backyard Landscaping Ideas

Hanging Garden This design works well as a garden plan or combined with other plans. Raising plants eliminates the bending and crawling needed to tend planting beds, and can fit more plants into a small space. Plant Choice The types of plants you choose will depend on how you want to display them. Do you […]

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Attracting Native Birds [If you’d like to attract hummingbirds, please visit BLI’s Hummingbird garden.] Before you set up bird houses or start buying seed, you’ll want to know the specific housing and food requirments of the bird species in your area. Guide books such as “Collins Bird Guide for Britain and Europe” by Lars Svensson […]

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The Night Garden If you’re like most people, when you arrive home at the end of the day, your garden’s already gone to bed and you miss out on the result of all those weekends of work you put into it. A well-designed night garden, however, offers a landscape that at 6 p.m. is just […]

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The Butterfly Garden Butterflies pollinate flowers and add living color and a feeling of calm to any garden. Whether your a lepodoptrist in training, trying to attract insects to pollinate your plants, or just want to add some life to your landscape with a few simple additions you can create a butterfly haven. Meeting the […]

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The Hummingbird Garden Hummingbirds are nature’s soap opera. If these little birds are native to your area, creating a hummingbird garden will not only give these birds new habitat, but will provide some good entertainment. Plants choice Most of the nectar-rich flowers hummingbirds seek offer red, tube- or trumpet-shaped blooms. However, a garden of only […]

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Backyard Fish Ponds A backyard fish pond is a simple way to add color and life to your landscape. Although these ponds can run from a small pool to a small lake, a mid-sized fish pond can be completed in an afternoon. Planning Style Ponds can be designed to fit any garden style. A formal […]

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Desert Landscaping Imagine sitting in your comfortably cool high desert home, enjoying the view of the lush gardens outside—and knowing you’re saving water and money. With the right plants and landscaping design, it is possible. You can do a lot more with your landscape than just stick a few cacti among the rocks. This article […]

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Mountain and High-altitude Landscaping Although high-altitude and mountain landscapes may not be the easiest to work with, those gardeners who perservere can create some of the most beautiful landscapes of any region. Working with mountain soil Soil in mountain areas often has to be re-worked for anything to grow in it and plants chosen should […]

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A Child’s Garden Bed Have you got a “budding” gardener who loves to work outdoors but isn’t ready to take over the whole backyard? Start them off with a planting bed of their own. A little planning will ensure the kind of good results that keep kids motivated. Planning Choose an area that can be […]

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The Kid-friendly Garden What applies to the child-proof house, applies to the child-proof garden. Because kids don’t presume anything is “just for looks” everything in the garden should be sturdy and “usable”. Look at it from an active kid’s point of view: what looks good to jump on, hang on, pull on, throw, or otherwise […]

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