Mountain garden ideas

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Don’t hire a landscaper to build a boulder wall when boulder outcroppings will do. Finished this one in the fall, will plant it this spring (June?) I see a lot of boulder walls in landscapes where the same need – keeping a hill in place – could have

Modern houses plunked down in dramatic, often inhospitable settings are the eye candy of countless architecture blogs and books. But all that craggy drama

If your outdoor space is sloped, you can always make maximum out of it. Here are some ideas to turn your slope into a focal point garden.

Design ideas, tips and questions to help you get the most out of landscaping a sloped site from examining the site, considerations and design elements

Rock gardens are great features for breathing life into areas of the garden with shallow or poor soil. Alpines in particular flourish in these spots, as in the wild they grow in rocky, mountainous regions and this can be easily re-created in your garden.