One of my favorite public gardens is Dumbarton Oaks, in Georgetown, a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Even though I'm a plant lover, (so many plants, so little time) it's the structures in this ...

Revamping your landscape can be a daunting proposition, especially when you want to go about it in DIY fashion. There’s one helpful thing to know before you begin, though, and it will make every piece ...

Update your outdoor space with one of these inspiring garden water features. You can build some of them yourself!

With summer on it's way, we've been exploring the best landscape design software for everyone who wants to create stunning outdoor spaces. What I want to see from landscaping apps and tools is a ...

It wasn't long after the first drip, drip, drip of rain on their kitchen table that Lisa Libby and Rachel Gross realized they needed to do a lot more than repair a leaky roof. When contractors told ...

Make a list of needs and wants. Do your kids need a play space? Do you want to grow vegetables? Would your family enjoy gathering on a patio? Do some very rough sketches of the yard with thoughts of ...

Control freaks (guilty!) can sometimes have conniption fits out in the garden, where everything from the weather to the worms simply cannot be tamed. But a DIY raised garden bed? In many ways, it’s ...

Johanna Antonsson, landscape designer at The Moose Garden, and Justin Fox, CEO of Foxterra Design, tell us which DIY projects ...

I once heard a radio interview with the person at NASA who recruits candidates into the astronaut program. At one point in the interview the host asked the expert a simple question, “What qualities ...

It's doable! You can survey your land, even if it slopes dramatically, using the gadgets in your closet and the tools in your garage. The DIY experts at Stack Exchange tell you how. My wife and I are ...