Landscape Design Blog

To subscribe to my Landscape Design blog (no e-mail necessary), right-click on the orange RSS button (at left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on the My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there.

If you are not sure what RSS and blogging is all about, click here... What's an RSS Feed? Once you start, you will be amazed at what RSS can do.

Become part of the the Landscape Design Blog! Simply ask your question by clicking here! Your question (along with my answer and sometimes other visitors' answers too) becomes part of this blog and a permanent part of Landscape-Design-Advice.com!

Here are the Latest Blog Entries:

Feb 8, 2010, Landscape Architecture Schools | Landscape Architecture Programs | Degree

Here is a list of all Landscape Architecture Schools in the U.S. offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Landscape Architecture Schools | Landscape Architecture Programs | Degree"

Feb 8, 2010, Installation of Travertine Patio

What is the correct installation method for travertine pavers? I am in NJ i would like to know is sand the best product to set travertine pavers in? I

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Installation of Travertine Patio"

Feb 7, 2010, Landscape Architecture Education | Degree | Careers in Landscape Architecture

A landscape architecture education will include classes in subjects that will help you design both creatively and functionally. Here are some of the topics that will be covered in L.A. programs and sc

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Landscape Architecture Education | Degree | Careers in Landscape Architecture"

Feb 6, 2010, Retaining Wall For Small Ravaged Yard

This is a retaining wall question regarding heights and design. I have a small yard in a cookie-cutter subdivision. But, it has a large hill encompassing

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Retaining Wall For Small Ravaged Yard"

Feb 6, 2010, Evergreen Trees That Love Water

Looking for evergreen trees that love water. I need a thirty foot screen, maybe 8-10 feet high, located on the bank of a river. It must be evergreen if

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Evergreen Trees That Love Water"

Feb 3, 2010, Patio Ideas | Existing Deck and Paver Patio | New Landscape Design

Here's a question about what to do with an existing deck and patio as a new design and ideas are desired. I'm interested in your thoughts about how best

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Patio Ideas | Existing Deck and Paver Patio | New Landscape Design"

Feb 2, 2010, Flagstone Patio and Window Wells

I am in VA and am having a flagstone patio installed on a 4 concrete slab. The patio was initially going to be against the house. However, there are

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Flagstone Patio and Window Wells"

Feb 1, 2010, Front Yard Landscape Ideas With Large Shade Trees

I have a 12x12 area in my front yard that I would like to landscape. There are two large maple trees in this area with exposed roots. I currently have

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Front Yard Landscape Ideas With Large Shade Trees"

Feb 1, 2010, Landscape Design For BIG Yard

So I love to landscape but I have a huge yard that needs constant care, which I can not provide for the whole lawn. Its a great view-in the middle of

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Landscape Design For BIG Yard"

Feb 1, 2010, Laying Bluestone Over An Existing Concrete Base

Is it ok to lay a blue stone patio on an existing concrete pad? If so what is the proper technique. Should i place a mortar bed and set or is there an

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Laying Bluestone Over An Existing Concrete Base "

Jan 31, 2010, Professional Landscape Design AND Costs

Here's a great question about professional landscape design and the costs of both the design and the project itself. Hello there, I am planing to build

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Professional Landscape Design AND Costs"

Jan 30, 2010, Landscaping a Backyard with Rear Garage and Driveway

I am considering buying a house with a garage in the rear of the home. It is in an old established neighborhood where homes were built between 1925 and

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Landscaping a Backyard with Rear Garage and Driveway"

Jan 25, 2010, Too much rock in landscaping

I just bought a house in the country that is 10 years old. The previous owner did not do any landscaping but put river rock all around the house.

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Too much rock in landscaping"

Jan 24, 2010, front yard plantings - looks boring

Our front yard has 2 big oak trees, weeds, moss, and overgrown plants. We do not know if we need to cut the trees down because we want to put new sod

Permalink -- click for full blog post "front yard plantings - looks boring"

Jan 24, 2010, Walkout basement landscaping...what to do??

We have a walkout basement. It has a 10ft wide concrete patio that runs most of the length of the house. I would love to do some landscaping out

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Walkout basement landscaping...what to do??"

Jan 19, 2010, Pool Deck Pavers

I own a courtyard home in South Florida. The original pool deck was a poured concrete slab approximately 6 deep. Two years ago we had the pool

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Pool Deck Pavers"

Jan 18, 2010, planting in a small space next to a garage

We are building a garage with a covered walkway to the house. There is a space between the sidewalk and the garage wall that is 15 inches wide and

Permalink -- click for full blog post "planting in a small space next to a garage"

Jan 18, 2010, Washed Out Driveway | Drainage Problems

This question is about a washed out driveway with drainage problems and how to correct the situation. Our driveway is on a slope with crushrun/gravel

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Washed Out Driveway | Drainage Problems"

Jan 18, 2010, Cheap Landscaping Ideas | Inexpensive Landscaping

There are many cheap landscaping ideas (less costly!) that you can utilize and still have a great landscape design. Inexpensive landscaping can be created for patio designs, driveways, swimming pools,

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Cheap Landscaping Ideas | Inexpensive Landscaping"

Jan 17, 2010, Adding more pop to the front landscaping

I bought this 100+ yr old farm house. When I bought it there was nothing for landscaping other than white marble rocks around the parameter of the

Permalink -- click for full blog post "Adding more pop to the front landscaping"