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Mexican Plant Goes Out with a Bang

There’s excitement blooming in the air at a Birmingham, England, garden — and for good reason.

August 23, 2013

Design-Build

Best Home Garden in the World?

As I’m sure you will all agree, maintaining gardens is a full-time job. And one British man takes this literally. Stuart Grindle, 70, spends 30 hours a week to keep this former vegetable plot in its current picture-perfect state, according to the U.K.’s Associated Newspapers. Grindle has been mowing his yard six times a week […]

August 22, 2013

Business

Medieval-Inspired Garden Faces Potential Destruction

What started off as a large, outdoor garden and wall near a castle in England may turn into rubble in the end.

August 19, 2013

Business

Historic Landmark Sees Beginning of Landscape Renovation

A National Historic Landmark in the Berkshires of Massachusetts is getting a five-phase landscape facelift.

August 15, 2013

Business

Therapeutic Garden To Be Place of Research, Healing

Gardens have been known to provide comfort and therapeutic healing, and one medical center in Portland is taking advantage of that research. The Legacy Emanuel Medical Center’s Family Birth Center and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit is going see the installation of a therapeutic terrace garden.

July 5, 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

Business

Landscaper Offers Tips To Produce Greener Lawns

Wasted water is a huge concern across America, especially during the dry months. Landscape sustainability expert and professional landscaper, Joe Lamp’l of “Growing A Greener World,” has given a variety of tips to maintain a healthy lawn.

June 28, 2013

Business

D.C., China Work Together to Create Cultural Experience

Washington D.C. will be adding a new garden to its landscape soon, but it’s not just an average garden. The city will be getting a classical Chinese garden installed in the US National Arboretum in collaboration between China and the United States, according to the China Daily.

June 24, 2013

Business

Yards in Full Bloom for Summer Garden Walk

The 2013 Summer Garden Walk is in full bloom in Bloomington, Indiana. In its 24th year, the Summer Garden Walk features yards full of flowers and unique landscape designs and sees between 700-1000 attendees each year, according to Herald Times Online.

June 19, 2013

Design-Build

Unique Gifts for Father’s Day

With Father’s Day just two days away, you might still be racking your brain for something to get your dad. If he shares your love for landscaping, here are some good options. I was watching the Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda the other day when they shared their top Father’s Day gifts. One […]

June 14, 2013

Design-Build

Reflect on Nature

The Lan Su Chinese garden brings harmony and culturally symbolic plants to Portland. Pass the chained bicycles, rose-adorned street signs, people who “Keep Portland Weird” and a pair of lions guarding the Chinatown gate lie traces of an ancient world. Once inside the walls of the Lan Su Chinese Garden, visitors are asked to turn off their cell phones and have the option of removing their shoes for a more natural experience. Only the occasional screeching tires remind visitors of the busy world outside the compound.

June 14, 2013

Design-Build

Ice Age Garden

A group of 400-year-old frozen plants from glaciers in the Canadian Arctic have been brought by to life. Maybe Jurassic Park wasn’t so far-fetched after all.

June 4, 2013