Landscape Design

Conversations About Landscape Design

• Keeping grass & weeds at bay

  My husband and I weeded around three weigelas today. We then put landscape fabric and cedar mulch down. Should we use Roundup around the edges? More

• Yard novice from Wilmington

  Hi all! So glad to have happened upon this site! I never had a yard before last year and the yard I've got now apparently never had a gardener before. Spent a year hacking through the vines and weeds and digging up invasive roots and tubors...who knew gardening could be… More

• Hi From Kansas!

  OMG, I hate these Yahoo-type boards and how they eat your posts, LOL! I just did a whole intro and lost it when I went to add a photo. So hello all, and it's great to be here! I have a blog started, detailing the long hard expensive slog toward… More

• introduction

  Gee! Maybe I should have introduced myself first. My name is Theresa, go by Terri and my user name is Biskutmkr. That one is a long story. My husband and I have been in the landscaping business for ten years, first in Jacksonville, North Carolina and now, here, in Crystal… More

• Newbie

  Hello all. I have collected a great amount of exotic plants from a local landscape company that they were going to throw out and this looks like a great site to be part of....Thanks.. More

• Bamboo....Friend or Foe?

  Though there are many uses for bamboo in a landscape it can be quite a troublesome plant. When I first moved in I thought it was kinda neat that there was bamboo growing along side the back fence. Now I am not so sure. It has proven to be a… More

• Mulching with pine needles

  Just wondering....Is it ok to mulch perennial beds with pinestraw? I have always done all beds with pinestraw, but that was mostly b/c I liked the look. Now that I'm growing more perennials, I don't know if it is a good idea. I have neighbors that are professional landscape designers,… More

• Help with Boxwood??

  Hello! I think this is a boxwood bush, however in the last 2 weeks it has quickly turned yellow. Is it diseased? Can it be helped? It was a really rough winter here so I'm wondering if that is the cause. Excuse the black wire, I'm re-doing our landscape lights… More

• Chokeberry Help Needed

  Hello - I have two beautiful chokeberry shrubs in my landscape and I absolutely love them except for one problem. Their root system is continually growing up through the landscape plastic and rocks. I clip the roots back every few days or so, but they just keep coming. It's really… More

• new member Louisiana

  Just would like to say hello to everyone. I reside in Metairie, Louisiana and I am looking for someone to help me design my new landscape project. I have a post under garden design discussion forum (Post Title: Help on Landscape and designing) with pictures of my house and existing… More

• composting under landscape fabric

  My local nurserywoman recomended a simple way to compost without building a bin. I layered shredded paper, yard debris, kitchen scraps (vegetable,fruit,coffe grounds etc), spanish moss and horse manure. I watered it ( ha, ha - just before T S Fay arrived) and put a 6 x 6 sheet of… More

• Help on landscape and designing

  Looking for ideas on how to reshape and landscape the front of my house. Me and my wife will do the labor. I need help on what to plant and how to shape the garden in front of my new house. My wife would like to keep the wrought gate… More

• landscape??

  i have a small restaurant. i was considering planting common yarrows in the front. there's a small area of soil in the front surrounded by concrete. is this adviseable? isn't the common marrow a weed. then nothing else will be able to grow in that small area. More

• landscape business question

  For anyone in the landscaping business: I'm looking to start my own landscape/garden design business fairly soon. Was wondering how to figure out a fair price to charge (for labor), beyond covering the costs of materials and supplies. Any thoughts? More

• landscape architect

  Good morning! I'm new to your site and excited about seeing all there is to see. I'm searching for a landscape architect by word of mouth by people who have actually used the person they recommend. I would like to find someone who will draw up a plan for my… More

• HELP WITH TEXAS LANDSCAPE

  I MOVED FROM FLORIDA TO TEXAS A YEAR AGO. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PLANT WISELY SINCE TEXAS IS VERY DRY. I NEED HELP TO FIND THE RIGHT PLANTS TO HAVE A PRETTY GARDEN USING DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS. More

• landscape garden sphere fountain

  The sphere fountain or kugelburnnen is ideal for exterior Landscape designs and interior applications, Commercial lobbies/reception areas, residential indoor/outdoor, and commercial outdoor applications such as parks, entertainment areas, office buildings, and restaurants. These architectural fountains are available with granite or marble rotating spheres beginning at 12" in diameter to larger… More

• Help! I'm on the landscape committee!

  Hi all. I need help, advice, experience...I live in a semi-arid suburb, in a condo. (zone 5) We need to upgrade our landscaping, and in a fit of civic-mindedness, I volunteered to help on the landscaping committee. We are removing some delapidated evergreens and viburnum shrubs. We need to completely… More

• Help me landscape my new house

  My new house should be completed sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's a very modest retirement home and has lots of shade in the front. I do get a little filtered light a few hours a day. Soil is very sandy and we have experience drought conditions here the past… More

• Landscaping Design Sofware

  Does anyone here have some landscape design software that they recommend? More

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