Landscape Basics

Create a memorable entry area with a display of blooms that wakes up your front walk.

Add value to your home by increasing curb appeal with an attractive, functional, front-yard landscape.

Do you want a front yard with more curb appeal? Look to your house for design inspiration!

Add beauty and curb appeal to your front yard with a sidewalk garden. Check out these ideas that'll work even in the smallest of spaces...

Light up your yard with style for entertaining, relaxing, beauty, security, and safety.

Add blooms to your garden in every color of the rainbow.

Add an arbor or a trellis and create beauty and function in your outdoor space.

If you don't have a ground-level yard, a balcony or rooftop can supply space for growing and gathering.

Add a pergola to your landscape for structure and shelter.

Traditionally located on the front of a house, a porch creates a perch to relax and take in the neighborhood or yard.

Plants with showy blooms and pretty foliage are welcome additions to sunny garden spots.

Include a quaint playhouse for kids in your yard.

Get landscaping ideas for areas of your yard that don't see full sun.

Include a space for gathering, eating, or relaxing to increase outdoor enjoyment.

Conserve water in the garden with these beautiful plants and ideas.

Rely on a deck to maximize the outdoor living area of your landscape.

A gazebo offers an alluring way to enjoy the landscape.

Put your garden on a great footing with these landscape secrets.

Adding an outdoor cooking space offers another delectable way to enjoy your yard.

Bask in the comfort and tranquility of a pool or spa.

Get landscaping ideas for creating a private, secluded yard.

Gather ideas for making your yard a brilliant display of color and texture using low-maintenance plants and design ideas.

A garden shed offers welcome workspace as well as decoration in the landscape.

We love our dogs and our gardens, but sometimes it seems the two don't mix well. Here are 20 simple tips for balancing the needs of pet...

The Garden Editors at Better Homes and Gardens answer all your toughest gardening questions.

Your landscape can still look great -- even after a few frosts. This New York garden shows you how.

See how two great gardeners -- one on the East Coast and one on the West -- created knock-your-socks-off fall yards -- and learn how yo...

Get landscaping ideas for sloping yards.

Use these tips to make a statement with your lawn so it will be a key element of your landscape's overall design.

Reclaim lost ground and turn a frustrating slope into a dramatic asset with one of these ideas.

Take a little-used space and turn it into a private, relaxing domain.

Make the most of your landscape with these tips, tricks, and techniques.

Try these tips to maximize the impact in even the smallest landscapes.

Creative garden design turned this cramped yard into a tropical retreat. The lessons applied here can work in your yard, too.