Mediterrenean style landscape

QuestionWe would like to take the landscape of our yard to more of a Mediterrenean type landscape. Could you recommend any plants, shrubs and trees, that we could use? AnswerTim, It sounds like you are doing

grasses

QuestionI watched a program on one of the Victoria channels and it had all different types of grasses, not the ones for lawns but for your garden. Is there any type of information in a magazine, book, etc abou

How do I begin

QuestionHello Mark, I recently bought my first home and dont know where to begin in terms of the yard. My back yard is largely shaded and my front is about 50/50. I live in Texas so summers are tough. &nbs

Lawn Drainage problems

Question I live in Arkansas, I think that it is zone 7a; I could be wrong. My back yard is constantly waterlogged. The terrain is uneven and I have puddles of green water in many places. When

Design Services

QuestionHow do landscape designers go about charging for their services? I have 8,000 lot all grass and need design services where I will do the work afterwards. I never have used a designer and wondering how it wor

PRICING LANDSCAPE WORK

QuestionJUST RECENTLY RETIRED AND NEED HELP LEARNING HOW TO PRICE WORK, FROM MOWING TO PLANTING AND ALSO INTERESTED IN SETTING UP YEAR ROUND MAINTAINCE WITH CUSTOMERS. ANY GUIDE LINES IN THIS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. &

alternatives for shadey area

QuestionMark, I am getting ready to start working on my back yard. Half of the yard is just mud due to shade and rainwater problems. I am planning to add some fill dirt and make it so the yard slopes sl

english garden idea

QuestionCan you give me some ideas on diffrent plants I could use to create an english/cottage garden for my home. It is a gray stucco home with a small but steep slope on the left hand side. The home si

Yard Prep

QuestionI live in Sacramento, CA and am in the planning stages of landscaping my completely bare backyard. Im contracting someone to pour concrete and install drainage and irrigation. I will be prepping the yard and

lazy bachelor wants to plant and forget

QuestionHi mark, Im John. I bought a house and a dog in Seattle two years ago and since that time Ive completely neglected my yard. The front (north) lawn looks poopy and half Dead. Can you recomme

Preparing base for rock garden

QuestionHi Carlo - I have a questions about the prepeartion of the base for a quartz pebble garden. From what i can see this is likely to be similar to a proper Zen garden so i was hoping you might be

perfect little tree to do it all...?

QuestionHi, I live in north of San Francisco -- hot, sometimes foggy, summers and rainy winters. I am looking for a little tree to be planted in a five foot wide area between the fence and driveway (which is u

surveyors

Questionwhat does a perch in surveys mean? Like a measurment from one perch to another. AnswerPerch an ancient term for a unit of measure for surveyors many years ago called a Rod or Pole, or about 16 1/2 fee

Vine for a screen

QuestionLaura, I live in Brisbane Australia! Would this make a difference to your choices? ------------------------- Followup To Question - Hi Laura, I have recently built a multi level deck around

Why dont the redbud trees bloom?

QuestionI have three redbud trees that I planted several years ago and none of them bloom. They are native to NW Louisiana and they should be blooming now. Is there a variety that does not bloom?

landscape under trees

QuestionI have a very large old oak tree in my back yard - west side of the house. My neighbor to the north has an equally large elm tree in her back yard. The canopies touch toward the

Careers

QuestionHello Gary, I am pusuing a career in landscaping and design and someday hope to own my on company, but I really have no direction do you have any sugeestions? I will be attened a comm. coll. in the summer. D

BUFFER FOR HIGHWAY

QuestionMarc, Thanks for all the info! It will be a great help! I live in Rhode Island, can you provide a co-op website for me to find out more info on plants/shrubs in my state? I thinking about taking your advice

Chill time

QuestionHi, I purchased a Surecrop Nectarine. Chill time is 600-900 hours. At my location in Coastal Mississippi this winter, I dont think we got that many days below 45F. The Temp was also sporadic. Cold for a week

playground

QuestionHi Marc, The situation is the outdoor kids play area is being redone with a new swing and jungle gym. The thought was to put down wood chips, but its been said that it would attract ants and spiders and soon