Outdoor Living
Landscape Design…Online
Proof that no industry is immune to the power of technology: even landscape design, traditionally an in-person, on-site service, can now be delivered online…and with impressive results. For years, having your yard
How To Care For Your Garden Through The Seasons
Spring might seem like the most logical point on the calendar to start planning your garden, but for true green thumbs, gardening is a year-round passion and pursuit.
The Ultimate Country Garden
It’s easy to imagine losing yourself amid a profusion of heady roses or while strolling a linden allée. But finding such reverie in a garden where flowers and vegetables vie for attention? Not so often. Here in Washington, however, is an exception. Architects Charles Haver and Stewart
The Power of the Planter
You might find Matt McKenna, the creative director of garden design for Boston-based Winston Flowers, meticulously plotting out plant material to complement a contemporary facade, or using landscape techniques to architect a
Special Focus: Landscape Design 2018
Linear Progress Natural meadow and a forest of hemlock, oak, and birch make up much of the five acres that surround this contemporary dwelling in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The homeowners wanted the landscaping nearer the house to have a similar
Boston-based Potted Up Creates Gorgeous Gardens, Scaled for the City
A bustling metropolitan lifestyle isn’t typically seen as one that fosters an easy connection to nature. Yet that’s exactly what Boston urban gardening pro Ed MacLean sets out to do for his
5 Fence Ideas to Enhance your Home and Landscape
When it comes to selecting a fence design that will not only be functional but enhance the beauty and value…
Outdoor Showers
The need for an al fresco site to conveniently sluice off salt, sand, and sweat is a surefire indicator that you are lucky enough to be spending time seaside . . . or in some other, equally
Better by the Bay: Outdoor Entertaining on Cape Cod
The homeowners approached Sudbury Design Group with a straightforward request: turn an old, little-used lap pool behind their house
Dramatic Transformations Show the Power of Great Landscaping
Jim Douthit, owner of Wayland, Massachusetts-based landscape design firm a Blade of Grass, has one
Chill Zone: Outdoor Entertaining Space
Some days, you just need an escape. The owners of this spectacular coastal property in Old Greenwich don’t have to go far to find theirs. In fact, this
Special Focus: Landscape Design 2017
These New England gardens, in dramatically dissimilar settings and with wildly diverse styles, share one thing: uncommon beauty.
Gardens Of Delight
Think of a garden on Cape Cod and you’re likely to picture voluptuous masses of blue hydrangeas, mounds of bright pink beach roses, and stands of grasses waving in a salty breeze. But,
Say It With Flowers
Jim Douthit tells a great story. The one about how he stumbled into the landscaping business and wound up founding one of Greater Boston’s preeminent outfits is an