Landscaping

Perform This Test on Your Damaged Landscaping To See If It’s Dead or Dormant

By Shelby Skrhak / February 26, 2021 /

North Texas lawns and landscaping will be paying the price for last week’s extreme winter weather long after the temperature rises. The landscape experts at Lawns of Dallas say we won’t know the extent of winter weather damage until at least spring. “Don’t do anything hasty with your plants right now,” says Ryan Burrow of…

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Pool Porn: 7 Hot Backyards That Will Make You Swoon

By Elaine Raffel / April 27, 2020 /

If sheltering in place has you going off the deep end, we’ve got a diversion. Seven spectacular swimming pools that feel more like vacation resorts—no travel or reservations necessary.

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What Happens When Trees Go But Houses Stay?

By Jon Anderson / March 18, 2020 /

Disasters result in many lessons being learned. Hopefully, the value of mature landscaping and trees is not lost. It certainly wasn’t on Jon Anderson.

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Pick Your Pool Design For Style and Safety, Says Harold Leidner

By Joanna England / July 4, 2019 /

[Editor’s Note: At the end of the day, pools are a selling point and an asset to some homes, but the choices and safety protocol instated are the responsibility of the homeowner.]  Ensuring that a pool is stylish comes easy for Harold Leidner, founder of his eponymous Harold Leidner Landscape Architects. But how do you…

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Brush Up: Landscape Tips from Design Pro Tricia Quaid

By Nikki Barringer / June 24, 2019 /

Tricia Quaid is an impeccable landscape designer with an architectural background. She knows hardscapes, landscapes, how to balance blues (pools) and greens (plants), and what to plant when you’re about to plant your house on the market. Quaid said it all starts with architecture. The style of your house will influence your design. Midcentury Modern,…

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