A house with great curb appeal can turn heads—but yours can, too, with these smart ideas for landscaping your front yard and around your porch. First impressions matter, and thoughtfully designed ...

If you are just starting to garden for the first time and really don't know where to start, watch this video. Gardening and ...

The landscaping around Lois and Bill Kelley’s Port Royal home used to look like all their neighbors: manicured grass, towering shading ficus trees and exotic bushes. But when Hurricane Irma destroyed ...

Recently, we focused on three basic priorities for landscaping: develop a short list of plants, install significant numbers of each kind of plant, and select some unfamiliar plants that will fit into ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

For many of us, winter is a busy season in Southwest Florida. The area comes alive with art exhibits, theater productions, and nature walks, to name a few. We enjoy having time to visit with friends ...

Xeric trees and shrubs — including many of our plants originating from our Southwest deserts — seem like magic; give them an irrigation after a long dry period, they grow leaves again, and many flower ...

An ordinance that increases native vegetation requirements for new landscape projects within the town won unanimous approval recently from the Town Council. On Oct. 12, council members agreed on first ...