Month: February 2019

How to De-clutter Your Garden

In this post we can learn practical organization and simple streamlining for our gardens and gardening. We’ll put Marie Kondo’s KonMari Method to work outdoors, and carve out more time to enjoy our yards.

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February 22, 2019

Houzz Contributor. Landscape designer, a former garden editor for Sunset Magazine and in-house designer for Sunset’s Editorial Test Garden. Her garden designs have been featured in the Sunset Western Garden Book of Landscaping, Sunset Western Garden Book of Easy-Care Plantings (cover), Inhabitat, and POPSUGAR.

9 Design Moves That Give a Flat Yard More Depth or Height

 

This time we have something special from Lauren Dunec Hoang. She shows us how some imagination can totally transform our existing landscapes into enticing and explorable spaces. Sunken patios, stacked beds, berms and other features add interest to outdoor environs.

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February 17, 2019
Houzz Contributor. Landscape designer, a former garden editor for Sunset Magazine and in-house designer for Sunset’s Editorial Test Garden. Her garden designs have been featured in the Sunset Western Garden Book of Landscaping, Sunset Western Garden Book of Easy-Care Plantings (cover), Inhabitat, and POPSUGAR.

A Hip Backyard Saves on Water and Splurges on Style

In this houzz post, two architects, a husband and wife, merge their talents to transform their backyard in California.

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Bryan Anthony February 16, 2019 Houzz Editorial Staff; writer, design enthusiast, reader, avid traveler.

 

Get a Head Start on Planning Your Garden, Even if It’s Snowing

Once again we have sane ideas and advice, from houzz magazine, that will put us in good stead with our gardening and landscaping this Spring. Reviewing now what you grew last year, will pay off when it’s time to head outside.

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February 8, 2019
Houzz Contributor. I’m a California-based writer and editor. While most of my projects are garden-based, you might also find me writing about home projects and classical music. Away from the computer, I’m found in the garden (naturally), on my bike, or ice-skating outdoors (yes, that is possible in California). I’m also willing to taste-test anything that’s chocolate.

Order Meets Wildness in a Denver Front Yard Makeover

An urban landscape makeover can be a major project, what with close neighbors, little working space, and overall cramped quarters. This couple hired a landscape designer, making it a simpler process.

As discovered by houzz, here’s how a landscape designer turns a basic builder yard into a terraced, low-water dreamscape with a Cor-Ten steel surprise!

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February 9, 2019
Houzz Editorial Staff