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15 Inspiring Summer Gardens in All Their Colorful Glory

If you have ever needed inspiration for, or even a push to start, improving your home grounds, houzz may have hit a home run here!

Bookmark these ideas for your garden and enjoy a dazzling display of colorful flowers, abundant veggies and more.

Just click the article title below – or click the photo, then the ‘X’ in the upper right corner of the new page, and enjoy!

(When you see the small photos, you can navigate through them with the
‘< >’ seen below at the bottom right corner of the photos. If you click the photo itself, you’ll get the large photos which can be navigated with the ‘< >’ arrows on either side of the photos.)

July 24, 2018

Houzz Contributor. Landscape designer, a former garden editor for Sunset Magazine and in-house designer for Sunset’s Editorial Test Garden. Her garden designs have been featured in the Sunset Western Garden Book of Landscaping, Sunset Western Garden Book of Easy-Care Plantings (cover), Inhabitat, and POPSUGAR.

 

10 Questions to Ask a Landscape Designer

Houzz reminds us, “Discover how to choose the best designer for your garden and avoid surprises down the line”. We would add to this intro that prices between “architects” and “designers” will vary considerably, even in our little corner of the world here, for the same project; so what is included in the professional’s skilled work really is very important.

Just click the article title below – or click the photo, then the ‘X’ in the upper right corner of the new page – to view the article, and enjoy!

(When you see the small photos, you can navigate through them with the
‘< >’ seen below at the bottom right corner of the photos. If you click the photo itself, you’ll get the large photos which can be navigated with the ‘< >’ arrows on either side of the photos.)

Lauren Dunec Hoang July 7, 2018
Houzz Contributor. Landscape designer, a former garden editor for Sunset Magazine and in-house designer for Sunset’s Editorial Test Garden. Her garden designs have been featured in the Sunset Western Garden Book of Landscaping, Sunset Western Garden Book of Easy-Care Plantings (cover), Inhabitat, and POPSUGAR.

A Tranquil Front Yard Retreat for an Urban Garden

Another informative article from houzz magazine for ways to utilize available garden space, or, in their words, “A Craftsman home in California gains a terraced garden, a formal entry, a water feature and a front patio for lounging”.

Just click the article title below – or click the photo, then the ‘X’ in the upper right corner of the new page, and enjoy!

(When you see the small photos, you can navigate through them with the
‘< >’ seen below at the bottom right corner of the photos. If you click the photo itself, you’ll get the large photos which can be navigated with the ‘< >’ arrows on either side of the photos.)

Annie Thornton July 12, 2018
Houzz Editorial Staff

 

Check Out “7 Ways to Incorporate Containers in the Landscape”

Once again Southern Living PLANT COLLECTION graces us with an article on creatively using containerized plants in our decorative gardens. The article was written by Kim Toscano, a known Garden Lifestyle Expert. A direct link to the article is here: 7 Ways to Incorporate Containers in the Landscape. Enjoy!

9 Gorgeous Front Yard Designs for the Sidewalk Garden

While we oftentimes share enticing pieces on enhancing back yard beauty, it is rare that we find one like this for the front yard, including sidewalk appeal down to the curb. Get your read on for this extraordinary article!
Just click the article title below – or click the photo, then the ‘X’ in the upper right corner of the new page, and enjoy!

(When you see the small photos, you can navigate through them with the
‘< >’ seen below at the bottom right corner of the photos. If you click the photo itself, you’ll get the large photos which can be navigated with the ‘< >’ arrows on either side of the photos.)

Lauren Dunec Design July 3, 2018
Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers | Palo Alto, CA Houzz Contributor. Landscape designer, a former garden editor for Sunset Magazine and in-house designer for Sunset’s Editorial Test Garden. Her garden designs have been featured in the Sunset Western Garden Book of Landscaping, Sunset Western Garden Book of Easy-Care Plantings (cover), Inhabitat, and POPSUGAR.

Southeast Gardener: What to Do in July

Here is another offering from houzz for Summer visual interest gardens. It is for the southeast region of the continental U.S.

Just click the article title below – or click the photo, then the ‘X’ in the upper right corner of the new page, and enjoy!

(When you see the small photos, you can navigate through them with the
‘< >’ seen below at the bottom right corner of the photos. If you click the photo itself, you’ll get the large photos which can be navigated with the ‘< >’ arrows on either side of the photos.)

Helen Yoest June 30, 2012
Houzz contributor Helen Yoest digs gardens. Author of Gardening With Confidence® 50 Ways to add style for personal creativity. Helen is an award winning garden writer and a frequent contributor to Country Gardens, Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Southern Living, Carolina Gardening, and Triangle Gardener. Helen scouts and styles gardens throughout the south.

Enjoy Your Summer Garden — Here’s What to Do in July

We think you’ll be glad we found this houzz article; these July gardening guides take the guesswork out of summer watering, pruning and planting. We follow this piece with the one specifically for the Southeast region of the continental U.S. for our primary client base.

June 30, 2018
Houzz Editorial Staff

 

Just click the article title below – or click the photo, then the ‘X’ in the upper right corner of the new page, and enjoy!

(When you see the small photos, you can navigate through them with the
‘< >’ arrows at the bottom right corner of the photos. If you click the photo, you’ll get the large photos which can be navigated with the ‘< >’ arrows on either side of the photos.

Get the Kids Outside With Family-Friendly Backyard Ideas

For our readers who don’t always have time to find such things, we found this houzz article for backyard landscaping to have some very cool ideas; at least look through the photos, but try to read the article – basically photo captions to go with the photos – and be inspired!

Just click the article title below – or click the photo, then the ‘X’ in the upper right corner of the new page, and enjoy!

(When you see the small photos, you can navigate through them with the
‘< >’ arrows at the bottom right corner of the photos. If you click the photo, you’ll get the large photos which can be navigated with the ‘< >’ arrows on either side of the photos.

A June Update

In the midst of all this 90° + weather we’ve been having, we’re still getting a few things done. We just added another article shared by Southern Living Plants titled “Create an Enchanting Evening Garden” under the Project Menu area. Here is a direct link to the article. This comes from Kimberly Toscano, a gardening professional on whom Southern Living Plants relies periodically for her excellent articles. Enjoy!

 

Flowering Vines to Plant for Nonstop Summer Blooms

For our – generally – more southern friends, we found this houzz article interesting; most of the suggested plants are for Zone 9 and further south, but a few can be used north of Zone 9…

Just click the article title below – or click the photo, then the ‘X’ in the upper right corner of the new page, and enjoy!