A backyard should feel like your own slice of calm, not a stage for curious onlookers. In many neighborhoods, though, homes ...

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By Felder Rushing Gardening Columnist Call it “selective indignation,” but though I don’t cut my long hair, I do shave my ...

Boost your home’s curb appeal with front yard ideas that deliver a polished, professional look without the cost of hiring a ...

Joe and Kathy Touchette’s thoughtfully designed landscape has earned Ramblewood Garden Club’s July Yard of the Month, ...

A century-old Czechoslovakian peony bush, water features, a children's Pooh Garden, frog pond and more among the sights at ...

Today’s evergreens not only offer practical solutions to garden challenges—but they look fabulous in the landscape, too. With ...

Today’s evergreens not only offer practical solutions to garden challenges—but they look fabulous in the landscape, too. With ...

Spiraea, or spirea, are known across the board as low-maintenance fragrant shrubs. There are spirea varieties that can grow ...

Freshly planted arborvitae, honey locust trees and ornamental grasses are taking root along Higgins Road in Rosemont as part of a community beautification project. The new greenery is just north ...

15 to 20 arborvitae shrubs and cobblestones that will cover the ground. “It should be a nice little park,” Mulholland said.

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