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Low Maintenance Plants for Your Next Landscape Design Project

Low Maintenance Plants for Your Next Landscape Design Project

Choosing what type of plants to use for your next landscape design project can be tricky at times. Your clients will have different demands. If you have clients that do not want to do a lot of maintenance work, then we can recommend these low-maintenance plants....

Should I Hire a Professional for My Landscape Design Project?

Should I Hire a Professional for My Landscape Design Project?

Creating a beautiful landscape for your home or business is a lot of work. Do you know where to start? What permits do you need to start construction? Elements can you add to your landscape? what colours would pop? Should I use these plants? These are just some of the...

Edible Plants for your Hanging Garden

Edible Plants for your Hanging Garden

A hanging garden is a popular choice for areas that don’t have a lot of space for planting. With proper planning, this type of garden can work on a small patio or along pathways even in an urban setting. Hanging gardens are great for adding color and texture to your...

How to Properly Dispose of Construction Waste?

How to Properly Dispose of Construction Waste?

Construction creates a lot of waste. In fact, the construction industry is one of the highest waste producers in the whole world. These wastes can have a massive impact on the environment when not handled and disposed of in accordance with waste disposal policies....

Top 5 Iconic Landscape Designs on the Planet

Top 5 Iconic Landscape Designs on the Planet

Looking at beautiful landscapes is always a pleasurable experience. It is medicine for the soul. You can even use these as inspiration for your next landscape architecture project. Let's get those creative juices flowing as we check out some of the most iconic...

Why Use Native Plants for Your Landscape Design Projects?

Why Use Native Plants for Your Landscape Design Projects?

Native plants are the plants indigenous to your area. Native plants can thrive with no human intervention and they are vital to your local ecosystems. And because native plants require no extra attention to grow, they make for a low-maintenance choice when choosing...

Alternatives to Grass in a Landscape Design

Alternatives to Grass in a Landscape Design

When you talk about residential landscaping, you can’t avoid talking about lawns. A lawn is a great addition to any landscape but a lawn can be difficult to maintain. Grass needs to be watered. Plants need to be fertilized and maintained. What if you wanted to ditch...

How to Incorporate Xeriscaping into Your Next Landscape Design

How to Incorporate Xeriscaping into Your Next Landscape Design

Are you familiar with the term xeriscaping? Is this something that you’ve done in one of your previous projects? If not, read on ahead. What is Xeriscaping? Xeriscaping may sound complicated but it actually isn’t. It just requires a lot of planning. The term comes...

Fast Growing Plants to Improve Your Lawn’s Privacy

Privacy in your living space is important. And your lawn is an extension of your home and therefore is an extension of your living space. If you live in a populated area, privacy on your lawn might be a problem. Your lawn and garden are your home away from home. IF...

Tips for Designing a Better Landscape

Tips for Designing a Better Landscape

Landscaping is an act of making improvements on a piece of land or property in order to improve the visual aesthetic. It is often used to improve an area while providing a practical function. Landscaping can be a very costly endeavor but spending a ton of money isn’t...

Preparing Your Lawn and Garden for Australian Spring

Preparing Your Lawn and Garden for Australian Spring

Spring coming to Australia is as good a reason as any to go outside and do some lawn and garden maintenance. Spring gardening is always a good time to enjoy the longer days and the warm breeze. Here are some landscaping tasks that you can do to keep your lawn looking...

What to Do with Old Mulch?

We talked about mulch before and how important it is for maintaining your landscape. For a quick recap, mulching is the process of applying a layer of organic material to the soil. It helps to provide nutrients and preserve moisture. It also helps to protect your...

Garden Elements to Consider for Your Outdoor Space Redesign

Redesigning your own garden is no easy task but it is an enjoyable one. Garden design is key to creating a great ambiance that you’ll love for the years to come.  Hiring professionals to do the task is a great step to save time and avoid any costly errors. These...

Landscaping with Limited Landscape

Landscaping with Limited Landscape

Whenever one talks of landscaping, you might think of it as a means to improve a large area. That is not the idea however. Landscaping can be done even with limited space. Landscaping is an act of improving any small or large amount of space. Having a small space...

Moscow GRC Planters Enhances Flagstone Central Shopping Center in QLD

Moscow GRC Planters Enhances Flagstone Central Shopping Center in QLD

Eight Moscow GRC Charcoal Cube planters have been used to add plants all over Flagstone Central Shopping Center. IOTA’s Moscow planters are finished with a rough sand texture for character. It is suited for contemporary designs and can be used for both residential and...

Milano Concrete Trough Planters in Berrinba QLD

Milano Concrete Trough Planters in Berrinba QLD

Five Milano Concrete Trough planters have been commissioned by Multi Span Australia in one of their projects at Berrinba, QLD. The Milano range of planters are made of fibreglass but comes with a concrete finish. This makes the planters lightweight, and also...

Rocks That Can be Used in Landscaping

Rocks That Can be Used in Landscaping

Can rocks be used in landscaping? Definitely. Landscaping rocks come in different shapes and sizes. They can add a special touch to your garden. With creative combinations, rocks can give you a classic look. Rocks provide a constant and permanent visual presence...

7 Ideas to Enhance Your Outdoor Walkway

7 Ideas to Enhance Your Outdoor Walkway

The walkway is one area that is often ignored when designing or renovating. We say never underestimate the appeal of pathways. A great pathway can define the different areas of your landscape while also connecting and unifying them. Having a great walkway leading to...

Make Use of Proper Plant Spacing for Healthier Plants

Make Use of Proper Plant Spacing for Healthier Plants

Improper plant spacing is a common mistake in a lot of gardens. Beginners usually fall victim to this. They design their landscape with a lot of plants clumped together. The end result, the plants don’t grow healthy since they compete with each other for resources....

What is Sustainable Landscaping?

What is Sustainable Landscaping?

Ever heard of the term "sustainable landscaping"? Sustainable landscaping involves creating a landscape that helps to sustain local wildlife and conserve energy and resources like water. It helps to keep the air clean and leaves as little carbon footprint as possible....

Maintain Your Landscape by Getting Rid of These Autumn Pests

Maintain Your Landscape by Getting Rid of These Autumn Pests

Autumn is just around the corner. and it can be one of the most enjoyable times to get in the garden. Temperatures gradually decrease and days are getting shorter. Autumn is a great time for getting some garden tasks done like pruning, fertilising, and planting...

Landscaping Trends for 2021

Landscaping Trends for 2021

How was your garden for the first quarter of 2021? Did you make any design changes? Planning on doing some renovations? If you don't know what’s in style, read on below. 2020 wasn’t a great year for everyone. On the bright side, this pandemic helped some of us...

Wrapping Up Your Summer Garden

Wrapping Up Your Summer Garden

We are still in the midst of summer and here we are talking about wrapping up your summer garden. Being prepared is always a great thing. A good end-of-season cleanup is a great first step for the new season. Remove Dead Plants, Diseased Plants, and Weeds Not all...

Best Gardens from Australia

Best Gardens from Australia

A garden landscape is a perfect place to unwind. A place where we mostly spend our free time to connect with our environment. If you’re looking for some great inspirations and ideas, you should consider visiting some of these gardens. Adelaide Botanic Garden One of...

Landscaping Tools Basic Care Sheet

Landscaping Tools Basic Care Sheet

As a landscaper, our landscaping tools are our best weapons. Making sure that they are in their best condition is our responsibility so they will serve us well and never let us down. There are different types of landscaping tools being used in the garden. We would...

Plant Watering Tips to Keep Your Landscape Thriving

Plant Watering Tips to Keep Your Landscape Thriving

Summer, summer, summer! It may not always be the hottest summer you have experienced but your garden may still struggle. How often should you water your garden? Is deep watering required for every plant? Here are some tips. Water plants early morning or late in the...

What is Mulching and Why Should You Do It?

What is Mulching and Why Should You Do It?

Mulching is applying a layer of organic material to soil to benefit a plant. When done correctly, mulching is very beneficial for the plants when. Mulching provides a lot of nutrients for plants among other benefits., helps preserve moisture, aids in drainage, protect...

Cooling Off Soil During Hot Weather

As summer goes by, an increase in temperature is expected. If you are having doubts the plants in your landscape can survive the heat, here are some ways of cooling off your garden soil. Mulch Mulch is one of the easiest ways to manage soil temperature. It can cool...

What Flowering Plants Thrive in Summer?

What Flowering Plants Thrive in Summer?

There are specific flowering plants that only flower during the summer months. If you want your garden to look good all year round, you should plant several varieties of plants that bloom in different seasons. Here’s what we recommend planting during the hot summer...

Beneficial Insects that You Should Invite to Your Garden

Beneficial Insects that You Should Invite to Your Garden

As a gardener, what comes to mind when you hear the word “insects''? You’re probably thinking pests? However, not all insects are pests. Some insects are actually beneficial for your landscaped garden. Some are also harmless and don't even need to be removed. There...

Incorporating Herbs Into Your Landscape

Have you ever seen an herb garden theme for a landscape? In general, herbs are any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers that can be used for flavoring, food, medicine, aroma, or even perfume. Herbs are compact and small in size compared to other plants. Incorporating...

Different Garden Themes for your Landscape Project

Different Garden Themes for your Landscape Project

Planning for a theme for your Garden? Having a theme for a garden is a great avenue to express your creativity. When choosing a theme for your garden, the only limit is your imagination. Do your best to make your garden unique. One great example of a themed garden is...

Creating a Calm and Peaceful Garden

Creating a Calm and Peaceful Garden

Due to this pandemic, everything seems to be somehow stressful. Everybody’s been affected and needs to adjust. For us who enjoy gardening, our garden is a sanctuary for this moment. A perfect place to find inner peace and calmness but to do this, we need to make sure...

How to Create a Thriving Indoor Garden

How to Create a Thriving Indoor Garden

With the pandemic happening around the world, everyone is looking for a productive hobby and gardening is one of the most common things that come to mind. However, not everybody has the space to start a garden. Here comes indoor gardening. It may sound easy but indoor...

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