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Landscaping Is More Important Than Ever

  The changes the world is facing have everyone off-balance these days. They are adapting to new ways of living, working, and socializing. People scrambled to catch up with changes and did, and many of those new ways are going to stick. The most obvious one is spending more time at home. People’s priorities have changed for sure. It may be a while until they feel comfortable taking that dream trip to Europe. The alternative may be investing in outdoor living spaces that promise to elevate the current lifestyle to suit that new reality. It helps to step back and

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Outdoor Room Themes That Elevate Your Style

There are many reasons why outdoor living spaces are one of the top home improvement investments, but yours are unique. Outdoor rooms have numberless lifestyle and entertainment benefits, but to discover and achieve the ones that are right for you it’s paramount to start the planning and design process right. You will thank yourself a thousand times over for working to get that clarity. You will be happier with the result and greatly minimize unnecessary and costly mistakes. Here’s a three-step process that is so easy even a caveman could understand it. #1. The Outdoor Room Style Problem Designing the

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Outdoor Living Lifestyle Wellness Benefits

The research is pretty clear that our happiness is tied to our relationship with Nature. An outdoor living lifestyle can lead to the loss of anxiety, a boost to the immune system, and profound states of general wellness.  Human beings are meant to be connected with Nature and science backs this up. Maybe you are familiar with the practice of forest bathing, a trend that has been practiced in Japan for decades to help people feel better and live longer.  There are additional wellness benefits if you exercise in Nature, but simply practicing an outdoor lifestyle is enough. The idea

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Plan Your Decking Design Now: Decks To Consider For Slopes, Rocks, and Damp Areas

Decking is a great way to float a solution over problem, unusable space in your yard, or even outside drains. It is an immediate solution to a place where installing a patio may not work for a variety of reasons. Creating a new place for sitting in difficult spaces is one of the things that our landscape designers and architects do best. They’ll work with you to answer the questions you may have and design a space that works. While a deck is a platform made of wood, there are multitudes of interesting options. You can have a singular deck, a

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Hide the “Uglies"~ Air Conditioners, Garbage Cans, Recycling Bins, Utility Boxes, Plus More!

Do you have any of these standing out in your yard or taking up needed room in your garage? Garbage cans Recycling bins for paper, aluminum Compost bins Air Conditioning units On-ground electrical boxes Well pump structures Swimming pool equipment Utility boxes Potting bench Out door sports equipment or gear Most of these items are not known for their beauty, but you have to have them for the utility and functions they provide on a daily basis. Many of these eyesores aren’t something you can easily move. But you can hide them from you and your neighbor’s views by putting

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Pergolas: Creating Private Places

You don’t need a lot of space to create a private place in the garden. If you don’t have a place that naturally is private you can create it by adding a pergola!  It also doesn’t have to be in a corner, you can put a pergola wherever you have decided you want some seclusion. A pergola is an arbor or passageway of columns supporting a trelliswork roof. Sometimes by simply screening off a section of the garden with a little latticework you can get a great sense of privacy. You can go from the simple pergola of two lattice panels

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