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Roses likely to steal the show at Landscape Ontario trial garden

The Landscape Ontario trial garden’s open house features 164 rose cultivars this year and will take place on Aug. 18. Click for more on the tours and program.

August 8, 2016

Business

Drought-tolerant landscapes don’t have to resemble deserts

If a client wants to use drought-tolerant plants, it’s important to consider the time that takes, along with the proper plant selection. Click for tips.

July 15, 2016

Business

Remind clients often that landscaping’s ROI is real

Here are five options you can present to your clients to help them get the most bang for their buck in any renovation or landscaping project. Click to read more.

April 15, 2016

Business

Nonprofit’s ‘Garden in a Box’ program promotes water savings

A Colorado nonprofit, Center for ReSource Conservation, has been working with professional landscapers to put together this year’s water-conserving “Garden In a Box” packages.

February 19, 2016

Business

Offering new services: Why not consider a cutting garden?

As edible gardening becomes more mainstream, its benefits point to another niche market landscapers can capitalize on: Designing and installing cutting gardens.

January 28, 2016

Business

Mix business with pleasure at Gulf Coast native plant sale

If you’ve never seen the Old South’s moss-dripping canopies of huge oaks shading many a coastal highway, here’s a native plant sale you may want to check out. Along U.S. Highway 98 near Fairhope, Alabama, the Weeks Bay Reserve will hold its 23rd annual sale of native plants Friday through Sunday, beginning each day at […]

October 7, 2015

Business

Exhibit focuses on renowned landscape architecture firm

The landscape architecture of Wolfgang Oehme (1930-2011) and James van Sweden (1935-2013), along with colleagues at the firm they founded in Washington 40 years ago, will be the subject of a special exhibit opening this month at the National Building Museum. Organized in cooperation with the Cultural Landscape Foundation, the exhibit – titled “The New […]

October 2, 2015

Business

Leaves have no monopoly on the colors of autumn

Fall is usually associated with the brilliant display of trees’ foliage, but there are also plenty of flowering plants that continue to bloom well into autumn. Here are just a handful of the plants you can offer you clients if they want to keep their backyard radiant with a rich variety of annuals and perennials. […]

September 18, 2015

Business

How to: Manage change of seasons in the garden

The change of seasons can wreak havoc on a garden. Landscapers can share these tips with clients as summer turns into fall, courtesy of Mariani Landscape.

September 17, 2015

Business

Want some privacy? Call a landscape contractor

After your company has created a backyard oasis for a client, don’t be surprised if the customer notices something missing – not from your landscape design, which no doubt is flawless, but rather all along the periphery of it.

September 2, 2015

Business

Maximize limited space with vertical gardens

Popular in Europe for decades, vertical gardening is a technique that’s trending in the United States. Also called living, or “green” walls, vertical gardening refers to plant material growing in a wall-mounted planter system, rather than in-ground. “Instead of just growing ivy up a trellis, you can create a mosaic on the wall unlike anything […]

July 28, 2015

Design-Build

Design/build: Build a rain garden

Rain gardens may look like any other garden, but they have a secret: They’re incredible problem-solvers. Find out more here at Total Landscape Care!

May 5, 2015