Protea (yellow pin cushion) and sesleria grass

Control the flow of rainwater across your landscape with an easy-to-install dry creek bed.

For those of you who don’t know, adding a dry creek landscape bed to your outdoor property isn’t just for looks. It serves a purpose and it’s to help the natural water drainage flow away from your home in a stylish fashion. Think of them as the Liberace of eaves troughs.

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On the Friday before Labor Day weekend, Nigel only had to work for half a day, so instead of making him wait till the late afternoon to get the first train home, I drove into Seattle to meet him for lunch, and then drive him home. I decided to leave the house early and stop for an hour or so at PowellsWood, a lovely private garden in Federal Way that is often open to the public. Check out the website here, and if you're on Facebook, you can check out the garden's Facebook page here…

A well manicured front yard helps to frame your home and prefaces the interior and family inside, providing an initial welcome. A well thought out and organised front yard design and landscaping should compliment the natural terrain of the land and enhance the general theme of the home. When designi

Australian Natives got a bad name thanks to the scruffy gardens of the 1970s, but they're drought tolerant, easy to maintain, and versatile. And, as you'll see in the following images, Australian...

Dry river bed in garden...clever way to break up a drab backyard.

Is gardening like writing? This is what Carl Lennertz of HarperCollins Publishing wrote in his blog Publishing Insider : "......

Winner of The Design Files 2020 Landscape Design Award A garden which nestles into the surrounding landscape, mixing native and exotic plantings for foliage and textural interest. The use of locally sourced materials with drought hardy and frost tolerant plants.

Liriope muscari 'Evergreen Giant' Evergreen Giant is a popular garden solution for edging paths and gardens or planting around trees. This attractive evergreen perennial has a clump forming habit that produces glossy, grass-like arching leaves which are longer than regular Liriope Muscari. During spring and summer the foliage provides a perfect base to its violet-purple flowers held high on spikes. This variety is very forgiving in high traffic areas as it will bounce back if stepped on.

Crepe myrtle underplanted with liriope

This underplanting of Clivia miniata is just wonderful. Photographed in 2009 at Heronswood at Dromana to the south east of Melbourne.

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