the idea of taking on a complete landscape design project can sound intimidating. Yet, landscapes can add as much as 15% to the value of your home and grow in value over time. They can also extend ...
Shape small channels into the ground, or swales, and create raised areas, or berms, that run parallel to the water’s edge ... foliage blends in with the vegetation below or can be used as mulch. Let ...
The brief finds that landscape architects increase economic value through their approach to planning and designing nature-based solutions. Nature-based solutions such as rain gardens, bioswales, and ...
Outline your rain garden area with rope, landscaping flags, or a marking spray paint. The berm around the perimeter creates walls that will hold the water ... Photo Credit: Peter Stenzel / Flickr / CC ...
Landscape architects have long used gardens as sites of experimentation. At his Sitio, 80km outside of Rio Di Janeiro, Roberto Burle Marx tended to a creative space where recursive acts of gardening ...