Essential Landscape Lingo: Designers
Essential Landscape Lingo: Designers
Learning the language of outdoor features will help ease communication with design-minded consultants.
Making a Plan for HOA Approvals
Follow along to make a scaled plan looking down at your yard from a bird’s eye perspective.
Figuring Out What Goes Where
Explore the possibilities for your property through a fun, family-friendly activity — before spending a dime.
Designing with Microclimates in Mind
The specifics of your property’s microclimate, or environmental variables, will inform the plants you select and where they best belong.
How to Make a Kid-Friendly Yard
Thinking about your outdoor living spaces through little eyes creates very different spaces. Speaking from personal experience as parents and designers, here are our tips for planning around baby, toddlers, kids and teens in any size yard.
Thinking like a Landscape Designer
Professional landscape designers share their best advice for imagining new outdoor spaces, from understanding the components of a landscape to visualizing potential changes.
3 Easy Ways to Increase Your Curb Appeal
Landscape upgrades can significantly boost home values. A top realtor shares her three go-to strategies for adding instant curb appeal.
Can Your Yard Save Your House from Fire?
A few simple changes to your yard can protect homes from capricious flames and help keep wildfires from spreading.
How to Solve for a Hillside
Make the most of every inch of your property by embracing sloped areas with these artful ideas from YardKit’s professional designers.
A Fresh Start for A New Yard
Buying a new house can feel overwhelming. How do you approach all the projects that make a new house feel like home?