Thornbush Landscape & Design

How to Grow a Container Garden

Liven up your balcony with these container-loving plants that don’t need to be babied.

Top 10 Plants You Can't Kill

Tough as nails, but they're pretty, too. Turn your black thumb into a green thumb with our picks for the top 10 plants you can't kill.

Getting into the weeds on how to prep soil for gardening

Our minds and shovels are ready for full throttle outdoor planting — but is your soil ready?

Why Update Your Tulsa Landscape Design

Is your Tulsa landscape looking a little uninspiring? We know it’s important to maintain and make improvements to our homes, but what about our landscapes? Actu

8 Landscape Design Tips And Trends

We invited eight top landscape designers and architects to discuss their favorite tips and trends, ranging from big-picture ideas to smaller details, so that you can be inspired to enhance your backyard to enjoy all season long.

The 31 flavors of landscape design

Our client questionnaire has always been invaluable over the years. Here’s my latest column on the subject.Full-blown permaculture design requires long and protracted observation. Unfortunately, few people want to pay some eco-freak to wander around their property at all hours of the day and night, through every season of the year. I’ve been designing and installing landscapes professionally for 24 years, and no one has ever had that much patience — or cash.

5 Risks of DIY Landscape Design

When it comes to landscape design, a “DIY fail” can cost lots of money and have disastrous results. Before you get out your shovel and head to the home improvement store, consider these 5 risks of DIY landscape design.

THE FRAGRANT GARDEN: Common landscape design mistakes

Residential landscapes have much practical value, as well as many other benefits. A good landscape design not only adds value to your home, but having a beautiful yard to enjoy and socialize in brings a soothing to the soul.

Landscape Design: Portland Solutions for Front Yard Dilemmas

If you're looking to improve your front yard because it's boring, or can't because of the cost, here are solutions to common landscape design dilemmas.

Garden Guru: Repair damaged landscape from Matthew one step at a time

During the time I was executive director of the National Pecan Marketing Council, I saw pecan growers in Alabama try valiantly to stand up small trees that had just begun to bear pecans, but all of their efforts were to no avail. If you believe a tree can be reset, but you are unable to do it quickly, keep the exposed roots covered and moist until repositioning. After standing a tree back into position, you will notice that there are now large pockets…

Walk This Way: Sidewalk Landscaping

Most Popular Design Blogs By Social Media Following [Infographic]

Many of our friends on Twitter have design blogs, and frankly, that was the initial way we got connected. In fact, I started using Twitter because I though

Entertain in Style with Custom Landscape Design |

Entertain in Style with Custom Landscape Design by High Tech Landscapes in Branchburg, NJ

11 Principles Of Landscaping Design That You Need To Know

Landscape architects and designers use a variety of guidelines and tools to create attractive, functional outdoor living spaces. While most homeowners and weekend warriors may not have the experience of advanced professional training, the concepts that the pros follow are not totally out of reach.

Landscape design software: Talking ease of usability

This is part one in a two-part series. The sequel article will publish on TLC tomorrow. Many landscaping companies today are all about utilizing technology to make their jobs easier, and one piece of technology that is sure to lend a hand is landscape design software. While there are numerous options available to green industry […]

Do You Need A Landscape Design?

Do you need a landscape design? What exactly is a landscape design? And if you don’t need a design, what do you need? Our landscape designer answers all those questions here.

Making the most of your garden with modern design ideas

It can be a long process, building a home but it’s not only inside the house, it is also very desirable to improve one’s garden area to make it a place t...