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Using Lines of Force (Regulating Lines) to Structure Your Landscape

Designing a landscape can feel overwhelming. How do you decide where to place patios, lawns, or garden beds so everything feels connected? One of...

Tips for Growing a Native Wildflower Landscape at Home

To start with, there are many excellent regional native plant books available, some of which are focused not just on identifying these species, but...

The Truth About Landscape Fabric

Looking for a few answers about whether or not landscape fabric is a good idea for using in flowerbeds and gardens? Landscape fabric is one...

Bubble Drawings for Landscape Design: From Ideas to Layout

Designing your yard can feel overwhelming. Before you worry about exact measurements, materials, or plant choices, the very first step is creating a landscape...

Creating a Drought Tolerant Landscape | How-to

If you live in an area which experiences periods of drought, you’re probably subject...

A Westchester Garden Designed by Landscape Designer Ashley Lloyd

Oftentimes landscape designers are called in to execute a one-time overhaul or to create an instant landscape for a site that’s been ravaged by...

35 Fascinating Fern Varieties for Your Home and Landscape

Fiddleheads are the emerging fronds that typically start out curled before gradually unfurling. The sori are the reproductive spores that typically appear on the...

Hollander Design’s Tips for a Deer-Resistant Beachside Landscape

It’s not every day that a client asks their landscape designer to come look at a barge they’re thinking of buying, but that was...

Landscape Design Award for the Best and Unique garden Look

At Contours Landscapes, we believe that landscape design is much more than just arranging plants and structures. We create spaces that resonate with beauty,...

Our Newest Book Is All About Designing a Sustainable Landscape

We are excited to announce that our newest book, Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden: A Guide to Creating Sustainable Outdoor Spaceswill be arriving in bookstores...

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How to Grow and Care for Creeping Phlox

Both are such similar plants that they are often confused. If I really had to choose between the two, I’d say P. subulata might just...

Planting, Care, and Harvest Guide

Sharing is caring! Yardlong beans — also called asparagus beans — are one of the easiest and most productive vegetables for hot summer gardens. Despite...

Causes, Prevention, and What to Do with Split Tomatoes

Sharing is caring! Few things are more disappointing than walking into the garden to pick a perfect, ripe tomato only to discover a deep crack...
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