Browsing Category

Landscape Design

  • Landscape Design

    4 Fast-Growing Evergreen Trees

    Evergreen trees are wonderful for home landscapes because they offer year-round color, privacy, and soften hardscapes. They look great alone or layered with other trees and shrubs. Once of the most common features homeowners…

    By Arbor Day Foundation | February 13, 2019
  • Landscape Design

    Designing a Landscape with Trees

    Plants are some of the easiest (and most sustainable) ways to make a landscape more vibrant and welcoming. Planting the right tree for the right place helps ensure that your tree will live a…

    By Sheereen Othman | July 30, 2018
  • Landscape Design

    The Best Low-Maintenance Fruit Trees

    Guest post by Rachael Baihn of LawnStarter. There is something special about being picking a piece of fruit off a tree in your own garden. Some trees can grow to take up a lot…

    By Arbor Day Foundation | July 11, 2018
  • Landscape Design

    Fast-Growing Small Shade Trees

    It can be hard to find the right tree for the right place when you have a small space to work with. But that shouldn’t stop you from planting trees. There are plenty of…

    By Sheereen Othman | July 5, 2018
  • Holiday Landscape Design

    5 Stunning Flowering Trees

    Mother’s Day is around the corner and planting a tree — or gifting a tree — is a meaningful way to honor the caretaker(s) in your life. Trees only gain value as they grow,…

    By Sheereen Othman | May 9, 2018
  • Landscape Design

    Introducing Scarlet Fire® Dogwood

    Guest post by Dr.Thomas Molnar, Rutgers University Are you looking for vibrant flowering trees to add to your yard, but also in need of a tree that is low-maintenance? Scientists at Rutgers University have…

    By Arbor Day Foundation | March 19, 2018
  • Landscape Design

    4 Things You Should Know About Lawn Care

    Guest post by Vincent West. All beautiful gardens and green spaces have one important thing in common: green, luscious grass growing abundantly on the entire surface. This is why lawn care is such an…

    By Arbor Day Foundation | March 1, 2018