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About Landscaping - Information for homeowners on hardscape and softscape elements in landscape design. Includes a chat room and forum.
http://landscaping.about.com |
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Basic Principles of Landscape Design - Essay explaining how to combine elements of art and science to create a functional, aesthetic landscape.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/scripts/htmlgen.exe?DOCUMENT_MG086 |
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Better Homes and Gardens: Garden Design - A collection of articles on creating gardens, mostly taking the form of short tips and tricks.
http://www.bhg.com/home/Garden-Design.html |
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Energy Savers: Landscaping - Information on using landscaping to reduce energy bills.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumerinfo/energy_savers/landscaping.html |
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Garden and Hearth: Landscaping Ideas - Collection of articles loosely arranged around garden design, ranging from windowbox construction to plant selection.
http://www.gardenandhearth.com/2-landscaping-ideas.htm |
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Heirloom Gardens: Living Antiques Find Places Around Homes - Article on heriloom gardens as living history. Includes stories on Spanish influence, African American heritage, German gardens, English garden influences, and French Courtyard gardens.
http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/HORT/HEIRLOOM.HTM |
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Home Garden Design - Home Landscaping course. Optional assignments and award of merit available for a small fee.
http://www.acsedu.co.uk/LdscDesign |
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IPM-Based Landscape Design - Discusses specific design and construction practices to help minimize the reliance on pesticides.
http://www.efn.org/~ipmpa/des-cnsd.html |
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Ilona's Reflecting Pool Garden - Garden design ideas, with an emphasis on gardening in the Midwest region.
http://www.geocities.com/reflectpool/gardening.html |
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LEAFappeal - A searchable photo gallery of yards and gardens, showing pictures of interesting plantings, combinations and layouts, garden art, paths, and structures.
http://www.leafappeal.com/ |
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Landscape Design School - Home study course to help prepare the student for a career as a professional landscape designer.
http://www.landscape-designer.co.nz |
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Landscaping for Energy Efficiency - Designing landscapes to reduce heating and cooling costs.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumerinfo/factsheets/landscape.html |
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Landscaping to Attract Birds - Introduction and instructions on inviting birds into your landscape.
http://www.bcpl.net/~tross/by/attract.html |
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Less Lawn - More sensible landscaping for gardeners and nature lovers... practical steps to shrink your lawn and grow your pleasure.
http://www.lesslawn.com |
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Marble Paradise - Custom Marble Pieces for Landscaping - Homeowners, Designers and Landscapers buy Marble Statues, Fountains, Tables, Benches, Busts, Gazeebos and Custom Marble pieces here. Your one stop resource for Beautiful Marble Creations.
http://www.finesgallery.com/ |
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Plants of Horticulture - Photos and text describing over 600 ornamental plants. A database from Ohio State University.
http://plantfacts.osu.edu/ |
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Suite101: Designing Home Landscapes - Ongoing series of articles on a variety of home landscaping topics, from plant choice and designing around problems to tours of gardens around the world.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/17244 |
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Sustainable Trees and Shrubs - Provides information on tolerance, resistance, selection, and planting.
http://www.uri.edu/research/sustland/ |
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Sustainable Urban Landscape - Using the criteria of sustainability to develop landscapes to conserve resources, restrict chemical use and reduce labor inputs.
http://www.sustland.umn.edu/index.html |
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Wise Water-Use Landscape - Planning and designing an attractive, useful, and water efficient landscape.
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/ag508_2.html |
