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Plan Your Landscape in January, Enjoy It All Spring
Most homeowners start planning their landscape in April... and regret it by May when crews are booked solid and material costs have spiked. Smart planners know January is when the real advantage begins.
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Reclaim Your Home After Dark: Landscape Lighting Matters
Good lighting doesn’t just show your home. It shows it off.
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Creating a Meaningful Memorial Garden
A memorial garden is more than a landscape—it’s a space for remembrance, healing, and connection. Whether you’ve lost a loved one, a beloved pet, or simply want to honor a chapter of life, a personal memorial garden offers a quiet place to reflect and celebrate memory through nature.
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Exploring Garden Styles: Part 5: Modern & Adaptive Living
From the Farmstead, Contemporary Urban, and Xeriscaping garden styles, we learn that successful landscape design is about adapting beauty to function and environment. Each style responds to its setting: the Farmstead Garden celebrates practicality and productivity with edible and ornamental plantings tied to rural roots; the Contemporary Urban Garden maximizes small spaces with clean lines, container plantings, and efficient layouts; and the Xeriscaping Garden proves that des
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Exploring Garden Styles: Part 3: Out-of-Zone Garden Styles
Desert Garden Tropical Garden Coastal Garden Rock Garden (Alpine)
These gardens originate from deserts, tropical rainforests, alpine slopes, and coastal zones, climates very different from Indiana's. While visually stunning, they require extra planning, soil modification, or seasonal protection to succeed in the Midwest.
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Exploring Garden Styles: Part 2: Global lnspirations
While a Zen garden offers a place for quiet reflection, a Mediterranean garden invites lively outdoor gatherings. Ultimately, both styles prioritize harmony with nature, albeit through different cultural lenses.
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Exploring Garden Styles: Part 1: Formal & Traditional
Formal Gardens use carefully curated, often monochromatic plant palettes for structural elegance, whereas English Country and Cottage Gardens feature a diverse, colorful array of perennials, annuals, and shrubs to create lush, informal, and rustic appeals, respectively.
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