Compost your kitchen scraps, as well as your coffee grounds. This produces a fantastic feed for your plants, better than potting mix and...

Select perennials rather than annuals for your flowerbeds. As they multiply each year, cut them back and exchange with your friends so...

Use wood chips around shrubs, bushes and trees. Wood chips can help the ground around shrubs, bushes, and trees look more attractive. Not...

Plan your landscape around different flowering times. Different plants flower at various times throughout the year. If all of the plants...

Use native plants in your landscape design. One of the most effective things you can do to ensure a good-looking yard is to make use of...

When planning where to place plants, understand how much space each of the plants need. There are some plants that require more room for...

Know your soil type. Some plants thrive in soil with more acidity, and others prefer a little more alkali. Additionally, sandy soil and...

When planning a garden, the style of your home must be taken into account. If you have a rural cottage, formal gardens surrounding it...

Before you hire a landscaper to do the physical work, spend some time thinking about exactly how you want the final design to be. 🤓 You...

Here are several tips for creating a wonderful hanging basket or container this summer. The first is to use an artificial soil composed...

When planting a hedge, always buy a few extra plants and plant them in a group at one or both ends of the row. This means they can be...

A simple but often overlooked technique to help you brainstorm and visualise an area to landscape is to take photos of it. You can then...

This is a pretty old one, but did you know Epsom salts are a great way to green up your plants? They are a natural source of magnesium...

Here’s a fun fact I bet you didn’t know! The genus Coprosma is named from the words ‘kopros’, meaning dung, and ‘osme’ meaning smell –...

Service areas in a garden can be either an eyesore – or an attractive centrepiece, or simply just blend into the landscape! Don’t let...

We’re coming back into the peak season for bugs and pests! Aphids are one of those annoying pests that make your plants very unsightly....

Clianthus puniceus (Kaka Beak) are the most beautiful plants to add interest to any garden. Also known as “Glory Pea”, they have long...

Don’t forget that when planning a new landscape, that often less is more. The power of seeing just a few different varieties of plants in...