And vice versa. You’ve heard it before: Choose the right plant for the right place, Cervoni says. Always read the plant tag or description before buying a plant so you give it the conditions it needs ...

Trees form the architecture of residential landscapes, adding beauty along with several practical benefits. The best trees for the front yard increase property value by as much as 15 percent. They can ...

The National Garden Bureau detected that a 2024 gardening trend might be brewing when online searches spiked last winter for terms such as “garden front of house” and “front-door transformation.” ...

Just because it’s the front yard doesn’t mean you can’t have privacy. Put up an “open” fence that doesn’t completely barricade your yard—spaced pickets, say, instead of high, solid boards—so it still ...

Though any part of a yard can be landscaped, many homeowners put more effort into landscaping the front yard. This may be because the front yard is usually closest to the home's main entrance, and ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Your front yard is the first impression guests have of your home, and one of the most effective ways to enhance its curb appeal is by incorporating beautiful flower beds. Whether you have a green ...

What could be more breathtaking for flower bed ideas front yard than a quintessentially English country garden? Use traditional cottage garden plants like speedwell (Veronica), catmint and ...

Tomorrow is the first day of spring and even though a dusting of snow may have covered your lawn this past week, it’s not too early to begin planning for spring lawn maintenance tasks. Lawn grasses ...

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. Looking out the front windows of their Northeast L ...