The Ground Source Blog

Need privacy? Want low-maintenance landscaping? Love helping the environment? Craving the look of a formal English garden?

Say hello to a hedge. These rows of shrubs that form a living fence or border can frame your walkway, hide an eyesore or give you a cozy private patio where you can sip your caramel latte in peace.

Don’t let your small yard get you down.

When you don’t have as much space as big yard boasters, you just need to be smarter about making every inch count.

Amid all the excitement of your big landscaping project, you might have some worries.

How big of a mess will it be? Will the landscaping crew clean up before they leave? Will they leave tools or equipment at your house? Is your antique bird bath safe? What should you expect from the final project walkthrough?

It's pretty exciting when your new landscape designer shows up to discuss re-doing your backyard. You pour some coffee, get all your Pinterest photos out, and prepare to make some amazing plans.

There’s talk of landscaping, hardscaping, softscaping and you suddenly realize you’re not completely sure you know the difference.

What’s the difference between hardscaping and landscaping? What is softscaping?

If you have a typical yard, it probably takes some abuse.

Maybe you have a kid practicing for the Olympics soccer team, or your dog is obsessed with chasing squirrels.

Maybe there’s that one area where your neighbor always cuts through to borrow your hammer, or where the mail carrier takes a shortcut. (Note to self: get the neighbor a hammer for Christmas.)

Those aren’t places for prissy plants. What to plant when things might get walked on?