Landscaping

Read which trees will brighten your yard with fiery red and yellow autumnal foliage. Our guide covers Smokebush, Witch Hazel, and more.

Fall is the ideal time to prep your yard and garden for spring. Follow our DIY fall landscaping checklist with expert tips from Roger Cook.

Learn how to kill weeds in your lawn without killing your grass.

From trash to topsoil, everything travels more quickly when you stick a wheel underneath it

In this guide, we walk you though how to plant a hedge to increase privacy, reduce noise, and add aesthetic value to your property.

A line of evergreen trees or shrubs can provide year-round seclusion even better than a fence. Here are some of the best and fastest-growing evergreens to consider planting in your yard.

Here are our favorite fast-growing shade trees to keep you cool and give you privacy as well as ornamental beauty.

Boost your curb appeal with a handsome addition to your landscape

An arborist's rules on how to shape up a small ornamental tree to make it more attractive and healthy

Heavy snow and other cold-weather hazards can wreak havoc on yard plantings. Here's how to protect your shrubs in winter so that they make it to spring damage-free

Trellises made from twigs look at home in any backyard. Here's how to build a diamond-pattern twig trellis for peas, peonies, and more.

These living fences can solve a multitude of problems. Here are pro tips and design ideas for shearing success.

5 pro gardeners' favorite power and manual cutters

Our guide will help you choose the best grass type for your lawn based on your local climate and soil conditions.

In this guide, we provide expert tips on the fundamentals of growing a lawn: how to plant grass, when to mow, how much to water it, and more.

Need to do some landscaping? Learn how to move a small tree safely out of harm's way

Though they're easy to use, it's just as easy to overlook simple tasks that keep rainwater barrels shipshape

Learn how to build a simple and stylish branch trellis in a pot, perfect for supporting climbing plants and adding charm to your garden.

Your outdoor power tools will benefit from some upkeep before they hibernate for the long winter ahead.

Dead and diseased trees are not only a hazard that could crash through your roof—they also steal water and light from the rest of your yard

Shoveling can be backbreaking labor. To avoid undue injury to yourself or the shovel, follow these helpful guidelines for digging.

A water provider pays people to ditch their lawns—and homeowners see a big dip in their bills

Breathe new life into a salvaged urn by creating this easy water feature in 5 quick steps

It only takes a few weekends to build a pergola.

These landscape drainage solutions prevent puddling and flooding and look good too.