Natural gardens are made up of native plants and wildflowers. In the wild, they just happen. But around homes, they need to be planned and nurtured. Natural landscape design is achieved by reducing ...

Loved for its relaxed, informal and romantic style, prairie planting seeks to replicate the American prairies of the Midwest. Using native species and minimal human input, prairie gardens continue to ...

The previous owners cleared a 50-foot-wide swath of forest down to the water's edge and laid a strip of concrete from their back patio down to the shore. Finding the usual stair alternatives too ...

Outdoor spaces are no longer an afterthought — they are an extension of the home, a place to relax, entertain, and connect. Few companies understand this better than Signature Landscape Contractors, a ...

Architecture for Landscape: YACademy’s high-level training course offers 8 scholarships, and internships in internationally-renowned architectural firms. 110 hours of lessons, a 60-hour workshop and ...

A client once asked us to include a clothesline in an all-natural garden we were designing. It wasn't a large yard, and this utilitarian feature didn't fit the theme. I suggested we get rid of it. The ...

All organisms the natural environment most favorable to the complete development of their species, and where nature fails to meet the biologic necessities, adaptation of either environment or organism ...

will speak about the environmentally friendly practice of using native plants as part of a natural landscape design on Tuesday, March 22, at 6:30 p.m. in rooms H and I of the Administration Building, ...