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The arborvitae hedge lining your fence. The bark mulch you refreshed last spring. The ornamental grasses swaying beautifully at the edge of your patio. These are some of the most common landscaping ...

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Getting your kids to leave a playground usually requires the negotiation skills of a hostage negotiator, but Joya Playground in Farmers Branch, Texas takes that challenge to a whole new level. This ...

The playground surface is that soft, squishy material that makes you wish it existed when you were a kid and thought jumping off the top of the monkey bars was a reasonable life choice. Parents can ...

Dogwood trees have a shallow root system that benefits from mulch to help retain moisture and keep soil temperatures even. Learn how and the proper time to mulch a dogwood tree.

Color gradient filament is fun stuff to play with. It lets you make 3D prints that slowly fade from one color to another along the Z-axis. [David Gozzard] wanted to do some printing with this effect, ...

Nicole Wear doesn’t miss the lawns that once surrounded her family’s Portland home. Instead of a solid block of turfgrass in the front yard, she now sees prairie junegrass swaying in the breeze.

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Spring’s biggest color trends are here to breathe new life into your wardrobe—and not a moment too soon. While the colder months were defined by dark, moody shades, this season’s trends are much ...