Continuing last month’s theme of landscape dividers is this month’s focus on retaining walls. If you’re thinking, “My yard gently slopes; I don’t need a retaining wall,” I encourage you to explore how today’s retaining walls add depth and dimension to your landscape, literally carving out intriguing outdoor rooms, regardless of your property’s contours.
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Cross the line: The choice is yours for whole world of creative fences
When most of us contemplate a new or remodeled fence, we ask ourselves these questions: How tall? Which wood? How far apart should the pickets be spaced? And what style post cap? Let’s scale that fence and climb out of that boring box for good. Of course, budget is a significant consideration for most of […]
There’s an outdoor shower for every “body” and budget
If you loved running through the sprinkler as a kid, the kid in you is likely to find the same pleasure in an outdoor shower. Or if you longingly associate showering outdoors with watching the sun set over the sound and savoring a book during an afternoon storm from the cocoon of a screened porch—in […]