(ARA) – Segmental retaining wall systems are one of the most versatile tools available to the do-it-yourself landscaper. Besides traditional walls designed to hold back soil, these innovative systems also can be used to build a whole array of landscaping features.
“Fire pits, outdoor kitchens, seat walls, stairs, columns, tables, even plantable walls that become a [...]

Leaves turn brilliant colors, evenings cool and the kids go back to school. So long summer, hello fall garden cleanup.
You may already know that composting is a better way to deal with bags of leaves and backyard waste. But if you’ve avoided composting because it seems like too much work and mess — or you [...]

Probably one of the most widely used landscaping surfaces around, bark mulch can be used for pretty much anything. I have seen it used for children’s playgrounds, and if you are trying to incorporate a swing set or mini playground into your landscaped space, then bark mulch may be the product for you, and [...]

One belief that most people have is that if you have a pet, or more specifically a dog, you aren’t going to have a nice yard. It’s simple, dogs dig up flower beds, dig holes in the lawn and their urine leaves those wonderful burn marks in the grass.
It is just a horrible thing [...]

I am not a patient woman, at least when it comes to landscaping. I see the end result in my mind and I want to see it right away in my yard. I don’t want to wait for the years that it takes for a tree to reach maturity and I don’t want to [...]

This last summer, I decided that I was going to buy one of those large inflatable pools. They are slightly bigger than a kiddie pool, with 2 and a half feet of water and my kids could go in, swim around and I didn’t have to worry about the water being over their head, [...]

This last summer, I was at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton/Burlington, Ontario, Canada. It was my first time to the gardens, surprising since I went to college in that area, and I was pleasantly surprised at how nice it was. None of it, however; was as nice as the Rock Gardens. [...]

I have been to yard after yard and I often see the same thing, the patio furniture fits the space but usually the season that the decor matches is either spring or summer. There is very little change between each season but with only a few items, it is very easy to take your [...]

As I drove past the local statue center, a large number of garden statues covering the lawn in front of it, I turned to my husband and said, “I really hate garden statues.”
He, of course, just nodded since this is the same conversation that I have every time I pass by the statue center and [...]

I have seen it time and time again; a beautiful yard, perfectly landscaped, the lawn as green and well cut as any golf course and all I can look at is the uneven edging and the lawn reaching across the sidewalk. The landscaper, or the person up keeping the landscaping has forgotten one important aesthetic [...]