The Ground Source Blog

Posted by Joe Mouad on Oct 20, 2022 9:27:00 AM

10 Ideas for Landscaping Your Small Backyard in Central Florida

There are plenty of benefits to a small backyard:

1. Nobody asks you to host the family reunion. (Did you really want to grill 80 hot dogs?)

2. Tourists don’t mistake your place for a state park.

3. You don’t have to send a search party out to find the mail carrier who took a wrong turn and got lost.
Sure, big backyards get all the attention in the home and garden magazines, but your small yard deserves some landscaping luxury, too.

Posted by Joe Mouad on Sep 1, 2022 10:52:30 AM

9 Reasons to Install a Pergola in Your Florida Backyard

Let’s start with reasons not to install a pergola in your Florida backyard.

1. Hmmmm.

2. Well, there’s…

3. Hmmm.

Maybe we’ll have better luck with reasons to install a pergola in your Florida backyard.

Put your feet up. There are plenty. Too bad you don’t have a pergola to relax beneath as you ponder this list…

Posted by Joe Mouad on Sep 9, 2021 3:11:43 PM

Evaluating 4 Popular Landscape Design Options for Your Orlando or Apopka, FL Home

You can see the end result in your mind — a fantastic yard brimming with tropical palms and drifts of vibrant flowers, a cozy patio for moonlight dinners, maybe a fire pit.

But how to get there?

There are several landscape design options, from doing it yourself to hiring a landscaping company to design and install it — and a couple of options in-between.