We all love a gorgeous lawn, right? But there are plenty of reasons to use alternatives to grass when planning your front yard landscaping. There isn’t a single landscaping “plant”…
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Your Fall Gardening Guide: Essential Tips to Help Your Garden Thrive
Fall has always been my favorite season. It’s a magical time outdoors, especially in the garden. The air is crisp and the leaves create a beautiful color palette. Fall gardening…
Hanging Flower Baskets : 5 Secrets the Pros Use
…Plus plant recommendations, inspiration photos, and more! Any well landscaped home includes some show stoppingly beautiful hanging flower baskets. Come summer, inspiration is all around. Shopping centers, neighborhoods, amusement parks,…
How to Plant Spring Bulbs this Fall
We do it every spring… we admire gorgeous spring bulb gardens, saying “Next spring I’m going to have a garden like that!” Well, this is the year things change, because…
Fall Lawn Care Tricks for a Killer Lawn in Spring!
Most people don’t realize that to have a really great lawn, the secret isn’t in piling on extra fertilizer and watering as soon as the snow melts in spring. That’s…
Stunning Rock Garden Ideas for Landscaping on a Slope
If you aren’t lucky enough to have a flat lot, don’t give up your garden dreams. These rock garden ideas are perfect for landscaping on a slope, and they are…
Great Ground Covers for your Garden
Groundcovers are great for covering larger areas of soil quickly, and with low maintenance. They control soil erosion, suppress weeds, act as a natural mulch under shrubs and trees, and…
How To Install Low Voltage Outdoor Landscape Lighting
One of the most effective ways to improve your curb appeal is to install low voltage outdoor lighting. Not only does it give your house a high end look on…
Stunning Fall Garden Plants for Autumn Color
You may be looking around your neighborhood with envy this time of year, admiring the gorgeous shrubs, plants and small trees giving their yearly, and spectacular fall foliage show. If…
Easy DIY Concrete Garden Spheres Tutorial
We all love those garden ornaments, but they can be pretty expensive anywhere you look. Here at TGG we decided to make our own DIY concrete garden spheres (also known…
DIY Outdoor Screens and Backyard Privacy Ideas
Most of us have wished for a little more outdoor privacy in our yards and gardens. Unless you live on acreage, chances are you have a neighbor just a little…
Privacy with Plants
Privacy is a big concern in our gardens. While we love our neighbors (ok, we hope to be lucky enough to love our neighbors), having that private space when you…
Modernize Your Garden – How to Grow Bamboo
Bamboo is a great choice for specimen planting or for screening, and it can be easy to grow if you know how to manage it. It fits in with most…