Making the Best Out of Cascading Plants
Retaining walls, hard edges, containers or even slopes in a garden can sometimes give unpleasant, if not ugly views. As such, they may need to be covered or softened. You can decorate a planter, container, or wall with cascading plants and flowers that are grown in the soil above it. Selecting these pants may feel … Continue reading “Making the Best Out of Cascading Plants”
Indoor Landscaping – How to Make Every Room in Your Home a Flower Haven
A perfect atmosphere, spiced up with flowers adds life to a room. Fortunately, you don’t have to be a floral designer to have a home that is alive with colorful, trendy and inventive arrangements. You can inculcate creativity, personality and your very own signature style by simply doing it yourself. Flowers practically bring a dull … Continue reading “Indoor Landscaping – How to Make Every Room in Your Home a Flower Haven”
A Pot by Any Other Name
Whether you have a large garden or a small veranda, you can always be creative with how you bring “green” into your home. One of the best ways to do this is to use potted plants. They are easy to maintain; they beautify, and most importantly, they give life to any space. Remember with plants … Continue reading “A Pot by Any Other Name”
How Landscape Lighting can Help your Home at Night
Discover how landscape lighting can enhance your home's nighttime appeal, improve security, increase safety, and boost property value. This blog post from Best Pro Lighting delves into the multiple benefits of outdoor lighting, offering practical tips on how to illuminate your yard effectively.
8 Beautiful Garden Lighting Projects
A good landscape lighting project has the power to enhance outdoor spaces, by taking control of what is seen. With directional lighting, for example, we can create focal points in some areas while adding a touch of mystery to dark areas. We can also play around with color and texture by using different kinds of … Continue reading “8 Beautiful Garden Lighting Projects”
A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing Landscaping Flowers
A garden without flowers is similar to a painting without color. The fact that flowers do much more than just lend color to your landscape adds to the appeal factor. However, choosing the right kinds of flowering plants can be quite a difficult decision because of the sheer variety available. These few tips outlined below … Continue reading “A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing Landscaping Flowers”
Staying Safe With Your Holiday Landscape Lighting
It may be Spring but are you ready to climb up into the attic and dig around for those ‘ol holiday lights to decorate your home and yard for another festive season? It’s never too early to prepare for the holidays. The holidays are a time to impress the neighbors, look at your landscape with … Continue reading “Staying Safe With Your Holiday Landscape Lighting”
How to Create a Japanese Garden Landscape
A Japanese garden is the epitome of peace and serenity, and it represents patient caring and nurturing. But it doesn’t have to take years and years to build one in your back yard. With a few useful tips, you can have your very own Japanese garden landscape ready in no time. Rocks Rocks in a … Continue reading “How to Create a Japanese Garden Landscape”
How to choose a garden light transformer
A common question when planning a landscaping lighting design is “how many lights can run on a single transformer?”. As transformers are available in different wattage capacities, a better question to ask is “what is the best transformer for my design?”. Picking a garden light transformer is a matter of adding up the wattage power … Continue reading “How to choose a garden light transformer”
From the Theater to Your Garden: Landscape Lighting Ideas
Did you know that creative garden lighting owes a lot to the art of theater stage lighting? Although theater lighting is a powerful and complex form of art, a lot of the subtle effects can be achieved with low voltage landscape lighting. Talk about adding drama to your garden! Mediterranean Exterior by Austin Architects & … Continue reading “From the Theater to Your Garden: Landscape Lighting Ideas”