The Basics of Solar Landscape Lighting
Explore the basics of solar landscape lighting and its benefits for your outdoor spaces. Learn how solar-powered lights offer eco-friendly, cost-effective, and easy-to-install solutions for illuminating your landscape.
Simple Steps to Creating Your Own Backyard Pond
A backyard pond isn’t merely desirable for the serenity it adds to your landscape ambience, it’s also showcases how man works in harmony with nature. Water is nature at its very best, arguably, and creating anything with water as its theme is sure to be associated with tranquility and peace. It can also bring a … Continue reading “Simple Steps to Creating Your Own Backyard Pond”
How to Lay a Stone Patio
Making the decision to put in a stone patio is arguably one of the best landscaping moves an ambitious homeowner can make. Stone patios are functional as well as beautiful, and they can inject a burst of value to your property – sweat-equity style. There’s a range of patio materials available in big box stores … Continue reading “How to Lay a Stone Patio”
Landscape Lighting: Science or Art?
Dive into the debate of whether landscape lighting is a science or an art with Best Pro Lighting. Explore the blend of technical expertise and creative design that goes into illuminating outdoor spaces. Ideal for homeowners and enthusiasts seeking to master the perfect balance in their garden lighting.
Top 3 Myths That Can Lead to Landscaping Disasters
There is so much information on the internet about landscaping ‘ideas’ and ‘tips’ that it’s easy to get confused between what’s authoritative and what’s not. Here are some common myths that can lead to expensive mistakes. These myth-debunkers are plain common sense, and you don’t need an astrophysicist to validate them. Are you guilty of … Continue reading “Top 3 Myths That Can Lead to Landscaping Disasters”
Composting: Fertilize Your Landscape for Free
Fertilizer is expensive. Maintaining a landscape takes an ample amount of money, planning, and upkeep, and most landscapers look for ways to cut costs wherever possible. That’s why many are switching from using traditional fertilizer to composting. Not only is it a way to trim the fat from your landscaping bill, it’s great for the … Continue reading “Composting: Fertilize Your Landscape for Free”
Lighting the Way Around the Summer Pool
Aaaahhhh the pool. The lazy days of summer. The place where friends and family gather to enjoy a dip in a sparkling pool on a hot day. But what about the evening? The party has been a success! No one wants to leave, and sometimes a summer pool party will go way into the evening … Continue reading “Lighting the Way Around the Summer Pool”
How to Maintain a Living Fence
A living fence is a beautiful (not to mention green) way to score a bit of privacy in your home and backyard. These types of fences hide your outdoor area away from the prying eyes of nosy neighbors and they’re usually much easier on the eyes than plain Jane fences made of wood. Thankfully, maintaining … Continue reading “How to Maintain a Living Fence”
Terrace Gardening for Sloping Landscapes
Making the best of an undesirable situation is what terrace gardening is all about. Although a sloping landscape is difficult to work with, it can provide the perfect setting for a multi-themed garden – each terrace with its own collection of landscape elements that contribute to the garden as a whole. Professional Input The first … Continue reading “Terrace Gardening for Sloping Landscapes”
Xeriscaping: The Art of Landscape Water Conservation
The word Xeriscape (from the Greek word xeros, meaning dry) was coined by employees at Denver Water, Denver, Colorado’s water department, to describe a landscape design that minimizes water usage. The term has now come to encompass all methods of landscaping geared toward the conservation of water, and is fast becoming an ideal set of … Continue reading “Xeriscaping: The Art of Landscape Water Conservation”