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Improving the View From the Curb An attractive front yard improves the look of your home and makes visitors feel welcome...   |
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Backyard Ideas When you start thinking about your yard as place to live in, not just to garden in, a shift in priorities occurs. Where you once saw places for flower beds, shrub borders, and a vegetable garden, you now see the need for places where human activities can take place comfortably. |
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An Urban Oasis With a little forethought, the Charlestown courtyard was transformed into a garden sanctuary for a hot summer day. |
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Yard Work The landscape plan takes shape at the Concord TV project house. |
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Growing Flowers 101 Old homes occupied by expert gardeners often feature gardens that are beautiful for decades after the gardener departed, almost as if they evolved naturally. Planning is the reason. |
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Kathryn Keller |
Backyard from Scratch 7 features that will transform a plain stretch of lawn into a lush landscape you'll really use and enjoy |
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The Garden Room A landscape architect explains the subtleties of designing outdoor space and offers a few tips on how to make a garden "room" take bloom... |
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Lynn Ocone |
Perfect Paths Stone, brick, gravel and even sawdust can turn a muddy trail into an inviting walkway. |
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Stephanie Hubbard |
Dream Landscape A landscape designer drafts a master plan for the Silvas' yard. |
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Roger Cook |
Gardening by the Sea The author shares tips on growing a healthy and beautiful seaside garden. |
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Stephanie Hubbard |
Yard Work The author, who's a landscape designer, picks the proper plants for Billerica's tough New England climate. |
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Roseann Henry |
Packing It All Into the Landscape Plan The challenge: creating a landscape plan that visually separates two dwellings while keeping the overall property integrated. |
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Garden Design 101 You've looked at your home, apartment, or condominium a thousand times, but have you looked at it through a gardener's eyes? Have you considered what's possible? |
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Perennial Garden Style Just like your closet, which may contain formal wear and sweatshirts, and everything in between, you may choose a blend of styles for your gardens. |
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Jane von Trapp |
Entry Garden Make-Over A front entrance garden has to be functional and inviting, but where do you begin? |
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Max Alexander |
Front and Center An entryway is more than just a door. Design it right, and it'll welcome friends, improve your home's curb appeal, and protect you from the weather |
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Megan Baker |
Why Barns are Red and More Paint Color Cues The stories behind certain hues associated with the American landscape. |
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Landscaping 101 We wish we could tell you that creating a landscape was a sure-fire proposition, as easy as "one-two-three." The truth is that home landscaping that really works and pleases its owners is the product of a fair amount of time and attention. |
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Jean Rehkamp Larson |
Question For An Architect What are the basic design elements to consider when adding a screened porch to a '60s rambler-style home? |
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Getting Started With Perennials First, we dispel a common myth: You don't need to be an expert gardener to grow perennials. Then we answer a few common questions about perennials. |
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Roger Cook |
From Plan to Plants The author puts David Hawk's landscape plan into action, creating an urban garden from a forgotten side yard. |
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Ted Goodnow |
A Kitchen Collaboration Kitchen designer Ted Goodnow shares useful tips on how to plan for your next kitchen renovation. |
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Jeanne Huber |
Back to Nature The greenest approach to landscaping returns a yard to its roots. |
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Caitlin O'Neil |
Flood Watch Learn how to keep your basement dry and your yard puddle-free... |
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Kate Jerome |
Adding Color to Our Lives How to use color creatively in your garden to reflect who you are. |
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Dan McLaughlin |
No Smoking Indoors A chimney expert explains the basics behind the bricks in the McCues' new fireplace system in Manchester. |
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Tara Breton |
Gardens of the World Wide Web Garden-related sites from around the world |
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Suzanne DeJohn |
Top 10 Things to Do with Fall Leaves Fall leaves are like a big load of free organic fertilizer strewn about your yard. If those nutrients were bagged and sold, you'd pay money for them. In your yard, they're free -- except for the labor of gathering them |
