Some of the most appealing low-maintenance trends we're seeing involve expanded rock or mulch bed areas,” says Bret Douglas, member of the Thumbtack Pro Advisory Board and owner of Ironclad Landscape ...

When Catherine and Bryan Binotti moved into their La Mesa 1950 ranch-style home four years ago, they had, in a way, kind of a head start on the landscaping. The owners before them had put in some ...

You could call Brad Lefkowits’ award-winning home landscape a demonstration garden. Lefkowits, a landscape designer who owns Waves Landscape Design, lives with his wife, Joanie, and their two young ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You love your home. You gave it new doors, fresh paint and luxe carpets. Now it suits you like a castle. But it’s time to sell, and you’ve just noticed that ...

Low- and no-maintenance features top the list when making over outdoor living spaces because less time maintaining means more time enjoying. Low-maintenance landscaping outranks native plantings, ...

Jeff Moore rakes the zen garden included in his back yard landscape plot plan. Photo courtesy San Diego County Water Authority Fourth in a series republished with permission from the San Diego County ...

A year ago I stared out my home office window to a mud plain and a crudely built deck that ate the backyard. Today I have a dazzling view of giant boulders. How did that happen? Calling in ...

Designing landscape plans for the two nonprofit winners of L Magazine's Landscape Revival outdoor makeover contest included plenty of challenges. One nonprofit winner - Christian Record Services for ...