When you think of landscaping, you likely picture shrubs, trees, and colorful plants and flowers. While plants are technically part of home’s landscaping, there is another important feature to ...

One of the easiest ways to get started with hardscaping? Gravel. Use it as a pathway material, or as the flooring for your al fresco dining area. Stone tiles are another hardscaping favorite. Create a ...

A truly great outdoor space includes much more than the latest seasonal blooms and a lush lawn of grass. While landscaping is key to a well-groomed home, it's time to think beyond greenery. Curb ...

If you’re anything like most of the general population, you’re fixated on TV shows that transform a drab backyard into a jaw-dropping outdoor oasis. This elusive backyard art, known as hardscaping, ...

If your goal as a gardener is to further sustainability, it’s important to think through hardscape choices. Hardscape — the patios, walkways, decks and retaining walls of the garden — form the ...

Does your driveway look like a patchwork quilt, with raised and sunken surfaces; chipped, off-color mortar stuffed into jagged cracks; and a generation's worth of oil, paint and mold stains? Has the ...

In landscape design, the hard palette refers to constructed elements. The soft palette is strictly plants. Separating these two palettes makes designing your yard a lot easier. Put them together ...