Gardening

Gardening is perhaps one of the most underrated hobbies of this generation. There are photos frames and time lapses that depict it as a rewarding activity – which it absolutely is – but no one can quite capture the hard work that goes into planting a successful garden with your own hands. It takes years of practice, sweat and even blood to plant a garden that is both pragmatic and functional. An organic garden is only as hard to...

Cottage style landscape designs are known for their charming appeal and their ability to transform inhabited space into cozy and intimate features. There is always an enchanted, fairy tale appeal to them, and their characteristics create an ambiance of pure allure and magic. They can be designed in a large or small space, and depending on that variable, all attributes need to amalgamate in a rather seamless fashion to create an ambiance that borders on the fairy-tale effect. Cottage...

As with modern interior design, a modern garden differs in form, structure and planning than any conventional garden design. Traditional gardens have a standardized landscape architecture – one that has been in practice for over a millennia; a patch of green surrounded by the most convenient of perennials and shrubs to form a border. Such a design is largely applicable but is no longer the limitation of gardening endeavors. A modern garden design may be simple in its planning,...

It has been quite a while since landscape architecture has taken over the world. Designing beautiful outdoor spaces is not only a trend – but also a necessity. No one wants a drab looking, weedy garden anymore. Landscaping might not be an innovation, but it is certainly an art. It takes knowledge, and an uninhibited clever to strategically plant and design an outdoor space in an interactive, organic way. The careful culmination of materials is what adds to the...

Planning an open space in the outdoors has become kind of a contemporary trend. No matter how small this space is, there is always a way to make it presentable. This dressing up of space is not an upscale limitation. Instead of designing vast landscapes dressed only in green, we’ve learned to break these spaces into connected counterparts called patios. On a side note, any small indoor landscaped outlet is also a patio. These can be open or enclosed,...

Gardening could be a hard endeavor to start, especially for beginners. Most people do not understand the intricacies of laying out a proper format for planting their gardens before they start. It can be a fun activity, but is never quite as easy as it seems. Most people beginning gardening to develop a hobby, and end up ruining a perfectly good terrain – there are always rules to be followed, if you want to have an end product that...

Where gardening and landscape are slowly rising up in the overall design spectrum, it is essential to note that they do not only comprise of foliage, trees, and shrubs. One of the most essential counterparts to any successful gardening endeavor are flowers. Flowering plants come in a wide variety, and are easily available in the nearest nurseries in all parts of the world. Flowers make for beautiful decorative features that are all nature, and make for enchanting, alluring, and...

For someone who’d just begun to delve into the art of gardening, starting out with a small vegetable patch is the best way to go. Growing vegetables is the easiest way to learn all the little niches of gardening, as well as getting used to getting your hands dirty. Gardening is most definitely not a light hobby, but an extensive endeavor that demands attention, care, and minute detailing. To figure out the intricacies of gardening, one must not expect...

Edible gardening is an interesting invention – not exactly modern, as growing up vegetables in homes, and harvesting them accordingly has been a feature in history since before the dawn of human evolution itself. But in the era of today, where mass production is a force of mechanics, and nature, the era of home gardening, and its revival is a decidedly crucial endeavor. People have taken over the small scale edible gardening once more, in an effort to revert...

Landscape design is a budding trend, be it in a mass urban setting, or in the very private gardens of your homes. Trained professional in botany, and landscape architecture collaborate to create the best visual and functional aesthetics, that go ahead to define the characteristics of space, itself. It is a time-honored profession, and needs to be understood in order to be actually implemented. Beginners, and amateurs might want to delve their hand in the art of gardening, but...

Most people start out with gardening by growing out a vegetable patch, as it is not only easy to grow, but lets the beginner try their hand at getting down and dirty with the process of gardening. It is comparatively easier to take care of a vegetable patch, rather than a full blown ornamental garden, which asks for more care, and complicated rituals to grow to full strength, and thrive. A vegetable patch on the other hand, takes up...

A gardening zone is a landscape placement strategy that determines which plant would grow better in what location, and assesses the compatibility of each zone with corresponding plant, and seed growth accordingly. It dictates that the plants selected for the landscape should be compatible with the climate, and other external factors that would factor in the suitable growth of the plant. There are various climatic factors that affect the growth and performance of the plant, and if planted accordingly,...

Front yards are basically the foregrounds of our homes – a natural photo frame feature that depicts the first outlook of any, and all homes. Scaping the front yard immaculately is an important endeavor, as it reflects on the facade, and spatial quality of our homes. The front lot is unanimously considered an experimental ground for the house keep; variating from one home to the other, in terms of the quality of grass, the height of the trees, and...

Indoor gardening is an element of lawn making that can be incorporated inside a small house, or a big mansion, given how the user, or owner utilizes the space. The first thing to know about planting a garden indoors is that, it does not have to be either big, or sprawling – neither do you have to incorporate rolling, tall foliage to give it a feel of a garden. Planting indoors is all about revamping the style, and aesthetic...

Mini gardens are a budding trend in the society of today – be it indoor, or outdoor, the suburbia has taken it upon itself to make the best of their small green spaces, and convert them into something more, something beautiful, and something better, than what they have been provided to begin with. A small garden can not only be ornamental, but it can become a place of adventure, or rest, depending on how the design scheme is approached...

“Beauty lies in our own backyard” might not be such a far off saying. In the era of today, where every suburb needs its very own backyard, and every backyard needs to be immaculately decorated according to the customized wishes of the owner, it is very hard to remain in the bounds of an efficient budget. So, to accommodate cost efficient landscaping techniques, to make your backyard a dreamscape of all things chic, modern, and stylish, we would elaborate...