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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

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

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

Design-Build

Planting for multi-season interest

How to design landscapes that shine throughout the year  Summer is often the height of a landscape’s beauty, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Plants that don’t fade after the first blush of foliage or flowers offer more bang for your buck. “By considering how a plant changes through the seasons, you ensure […]

April 27, 2015

Design-Build

Give your clients some great advice about adding color

It's a good time to talk about color when it comes to your landscaping projects.

April 1, 2015

Design-Build

Plant material: Fragrant flowers

If you’re not including fragrance in your planting plans, you’re missing the opportunity to enhance the landscape on a different sensory level.

January 16, 2014

Business

January marks time to prepare for spring

With 2014 starting off strong, January is no time to sit back and relax for landscapers.

January 2, 2014

Design-Build

Landscape design: Wildlife-resistant plant material

When it comes to picking plants, choosing some that are less appealing to animals could save your landscapes.

November 18, 2013

Business

How To Create Fire-Resistant Landscapes

After 19 firefighters lost their lives near Yarnell, Arizona this summer from a wildfire, many people have turned their attention on how to prevent these extreme fires. Reports show there are about two-dozen wildfires spreading across the western United States continuing to threaten homes, lives and the environment.

July 22, 2013

Design-Build

Adding fruits and veggies to the landscape

Fruits and veggies are more than just good for you: They’re good for your business.

July 3, 2013

Design-Build

Plant Trends for 2013

Enhance your planting projects with hardy new varieties. Every year, growers debut hundreds of annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees. Some plants have been discovered recently in wild populations, while others are hybrids that have taken years to develop. These introductions aren’t just pretty; they’re practical.

March 19, 2013

Business

Lack of Impatiens a Blow to Gardeners

For decades, it’s been a rite of spring. You hop in the car, head for the nearest garden center and load up on impatiens, the best-selling, candy-colored annuals that thrive in shade, mound up like half a beach ball, and bloom their heads off till frost, asking little in return.

February 12, 2013