This is done by creating outside rooms with landscape design. Like their counterparts inside of the home, these outside rooms have flooring, walls, ceilings, doorways or entrances and exits that ...

Elements of Modern Landscape Design When designers think of modern landscape design, they think of angular lines, negative space to add intrigue, and repeating patterns and colors.

With plant choices in mind, use landscape design principles to guide their installation. Skillfully use simplicity, balance, focal points, lines, proportions, colors, textures and shapes to create ...

Edible landscaping can be just as beautiful as traditional landscaping, replacing everything from ground cover to trees with food-producing plants.

A change of seasons is always an imperative time for any landscape or garden. As we move from summer to fall and fall to winter, Jess Zavaglia of Zavaglia Associates shares her best tips for creating ...

Answer: Being able to create innovative landscapes that provide clients with functional yet entertain-able outdoor living spaces. Also, meeting new clients and overcoming each of their landscape ...

To create a fire-smart landscape, proper design and regular maintenance are critical. Carefully selecting plants with certain characteristics, and avoiding others, also matters.

Joanne Kostecky, a landscape designer in Allentown, Pa., and a past president of the American Nursery and Landscape Association, says she continues to design gardens that are lush, full and ...

"We had previously filled this garden bed with aeoniums, spuria irises and a few other plants, all of which we have recently ...

In this installment of Asked & Answered, Abby Juranek with Patera Landscaping answers the question: "How do I design my landscape?" ...