Category Archives: Landscaping

Designing A Fairy Garden

Designing A Fairy Garden – In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, there is something truly wonderful about creating a small, charming world in your backyard. Fairy gardens have become a trend that captures the hearts and imaginations of people young and old. These miniature scenes, decorated with little fairies, gnomes, and charming accessories, offer a delightful escape into a realm of creativity and wonder.

I am very excited to share with you some new fairy garden ideas and photos that you have never seen before. The photos in this post are some I’ve collected from Gingham Gardens readers and friends, as well as from my own little gardens.

Designing A Fairy Garden

Fairy gardens are more than little plants and little figurines; it is an expression of creativity and a way to bring a touch of magic to our lives and the lives of visitors to our gardens.… Read the rest

Outdoor Lighting Design

Outdoor Lighting Design – Your favorite landscape features deserve attention whenever you step outside, even at night. You can transform your Mendham, NJ township with the following landscape lighting tips. Your beautiful landscape design will not be lost in the dark with the right lighting plan.

Navigation to and from your driveway to your front entrance is not only easier with the right landscape lighting strategy, but it can also draw attention to the best aspects of the front of your home.

Outdoor Lighting Design

Driveway Lighting: To illuminate the driveway, low-level lights along the edges could create a safer, yet subtle glow for your parking area while ensuring you can find your way from your vehicle to the gate of entry Pillar lights could further give your driveway a distinctive look as an entrance to your property.

Illuminating The Secret To Outdoor Lighting Design

Walkway Lighting: Lighting your paver … Read the rest

Outdoor Kitchen Design Ideas

Outdoor Kitchen Design Ideas – When we moved into this house five years ago, we fell in love with all its 1908 charms. Of course, the house’s age comes with renovations and maintenance, but in our eyes it is very precious. First, we completely redid the interior kitchen, creating a space that truly makes me happy every day I walk into it, with lots of natural light, colorful flowers, unique backsplashes, original hardwood floors, and open shelving.

The front and back of the house showed a lot of potential. It’s just a matter of time until we put the work and thought into those areas, and bring them to life in ways that suit our style and the needs of our work. I am very happy to show you today our new project; complete toilet renovation from the ground up.

Outdoor Kitchen Design Ideas

We spent the last year completely … Read the rest

Seasonal Garden Planning

Seasonal Garden Planning – Below you will find my garden plan for the quarter acre garden we produce. This includes vegetables and some fruits such as strawberries and melons. 

As many of you know, this year is going to look a little different for us as we are expecting a baby in June! I have done my best to minimize them as much as possible. Even though I’m sure it doesn’t look like it ?

Seasonal Garden Planning

I would still love to be able to increase our annual vegetable supply as we have in the past and this plan reflects that. Of course, there are always variables and unforeseen things that can happen with my pregnancy and birth. But I plan for the best case scenario because all my other pregnancies and births have been without complications.

Seasonal Planting Diagram In Photoshop

If I feel like the work in … Read the rest

Creating A Children’s Garden

Creating A Children’s Garden – At George Washington Elementary in Eleanor, Putnam County, teachers weave lessons around plants that students grow in the school’s high-tunnel greenhouse. Read more: http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201305230115?display=print/Photo: Kenny Kemp

Fayette County students harvested the potatoes they had planted, then harvested them and ate them for lunch. “There’s a lot of learning going on,” said David C., director of food services. Earth.”

Creating A Children’s Garden

Www.StartaGarden.org.  This exciting new national resource was developed by West Virginia! You absolutely want to look at this as you plan your garden. It helps you plan your growing experience in everything from a raised bed to a tin can or a plastic cup!  A must see.

New Gardens For Amazing Children’s Hospice In Hampshire

Consider container gardens. If you don’t have a garden plot to plant, an alternative is container gardens. http://naturallearning.org/greendesk. Scroll down to “Growing Food in Containers.”

For inspiration, check … Read the rest

Backyard Playground Designs

Backyard Playground Designs – There are many studies that show that spending time outdoors benefits both children and adults. Getting outside and into nature helps us think more clearly, reduces stress and can even heal faster. But we don’t need research to tell us that being outside makes us feel better; we experience it every time we have the opportunity to enjoy outdoor living spaces, play with the kids in the yard, or explore one of Southern California’s many hiking trails.

Creating a kid-friendly yard is a great way to encourage your kids to spend more time outside in the fresh air and sunshine. A fun play area with lots of options will help them be active and have fun while enjoying the wonderful weather we are lucky to have year round in and around San Diego County.

Backyard Playground Designs

Try some of these kid-friendly backyard ideas to turn … Read the rest

Incorporating Waterfalls And Ponds

Incorporating Waterfalls And Ponds – Many homeowners look to their backyards for privacy, comfort, and a relaxing haven. As the years have passed, many design opportunities have presented themselves to help homeowners achieve this from waterfalls and ponds to planting life and rock sculptures. Adding a waterfall to your landscaping design is very easy, and there are many resources available on the market today to give you inspiration and direction. Whether you’ve just moved into a new home or are looking for ways to update your current design, consider these tips and benefits when creating a rock waterfall in your backyard, to create the waterfall you’ve always wanted.

Creating an outdoor waterfall on your property is a great way to add a water feature to your design and character in your backyard. If you have a large yard, it can be difficult to think of ways to add gathering spaces, … Read the rest

Backyard Golf Putting Green

Backyard Golf Putting Green – Imagine being able to walk outside and practice your chop and putt every day of the week? For the golf enthusiast who spends every weekend on the golf course, why not consider a putting green for your backyard? After a long day at work you can wind down doing some rounds and perfecting your skills. Before you know it, you’ll be leveling up every time you hit the green. Nowadays you can score a putting green for your home in Lancaster, PA easier than ever before with the exciting new putting green technology offered by Earth, Turf and Wood. As a dealer and installer for UltraBaseSystems® we can have you eliminate those two hits in no time. Backyard Putting Greens in Lancaster, PA and Surrounding Areas Today, with the introduction of specialty green base technology from UltraBaseSystems®, backyard putting greens can be installed with interlocking … Read the rest

Outdoor Movie Theater Setup

Outdoor Movie Theater Setup – I wanted to share our entire outdoor film setup. I bought everything for this summer, but we barely used it because it stayed light outside for so long. I was pictured doing movies outside all summer but with 9 pm my bedtime it wasn’t going to happen ? (#grandma). instead, it turns out to be a blessing in disguise for winter! It’s a bit cooler than I envisioned our movie nights, but there are no bugs and the sun is setting earlier and earlier so it’s working in our favor.

We still don’t feel comfortable having people over, so it’s also been a great outdoor activity when we have friends over. We can barbecue, light the fire, and put on a movie or a football game.

Outdoor Movie Theater Setup

When I started looking for projectors I realized just how many options there are and … Read the rest

Landscaping With Hedges

Landscaping With Hedges – Nothing refreshes the facade of a house like an emerald green shrub. Thanks to their versatility, boxwood has been a perennial favorite among traditionalists and modernists alike. Long associated with French gardens with clipped hedges demarcated shaped parterres, bushes with small leaves are a clear choice for adding character to the house facade. However, its sculptural nature lends itself well to minimalist settings and, when allowed to grow more naturally, the evergreen shrub is equally at home in more rustic gardens.

In addition to their style, boxwoods serve many purposes in landscaping, from edging driveways and walkways to surrounding outdoor fountains and underlining shady flower beds. And they need less maintenance than you think: although they need water and soil, wooden boxes do not need regular care, unless you choose a beautiful style.

Landscaping With Hedges

Whether you’re after something formal or a little more low-maintenance, … Read the rest