Garden & Landscape
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Get Your Yard Winter-Ready
After the summer storms and blazing sun made your landscaping flourish, it is time to transition to cooler months and winter dormancy. Will your yard be ready for the change of seasons? The landscape team at Prescott Landscape Professionals knows just what to do.
The Best Autumn-Colored Tree
This is the season for trees with autumn colors … and not all trees are created equal. Increased garden success is had when plants are showing their colors.
The Birds and the Butterflies
Butterflies are some of the most beautiful and exotic creatures in the landscape. A butterfly garden offers two benefits: it’s an easy way to see more butterflies, and it’s also a way to help them since many local habitats have been lost to human activities like building homes and roads. It is easy to increase the number and variety of the winged beauties in your yard. Simply grow the plants they like to feed on!
Heat-Loving Flowers of Summer
Tips for Vibrant Blooms that Attract Winged Visitors and Keep the Garden Bright All Season Long by Lisa Watters-Lain, Arizona's Garden Gal The brightest flowers of the summer season wait until temperatures rise above 90 degrees to “do their thing.” Like sunbathers on...
Smart Planning, Smart Choices, Smart-alecks
Our Yards: the Newest Component of Modern Life to Go Smart By Matt Keppel April is the perfect time to begin tackling those landscape projects that will yield finished outdoor spaces with plenty of time to enjoy them. We are so lucky here to have the kind of climate...
Your Yard: Waking from a Long Winter’s Nap
It’s time to prepare it to warm up to a pleasant spring, but what to do and when? It’s easy when you trust landscape professionals to make your home your pride and joy.
Purses and Totes Turned Planters
Fun, Whimsical, Easy Ideas for Unique, Thrifty Garden Containers By Lisa Watters-Lain, Arizona's Garden Gal Unusual containers are gardening fun. Heading to a thrift store to hunt down the perfect, on-the-cheap planters, and then figuring out how to use them, is a...
The Perfect Backyard Wedding
Tips to make your property a magnificent venue for those vows By Matt Keppel Picture it: picnic tables, crepe-paper streamers, balloons, paper wedding bells, a juggler and an accordion player for musical accompaniment. Wouldn’t you just LOVE to have your wedding...
Natural Fragrance for the Home
Houseplants Freshen the Air and Boost Mood … Naturally By Lisa Watters-Lain, Arizona's garden gal Wet dog, funky socks, musty books and the ever-present smell of teenage boys is more than a home needs sometimes. Houseplants get a lot of lip service for their...
Winter Landscaping Tips to Keep Your Yard Looking Great, Year-Round
By Matt Keppel There’s a chill in the air and many of us are looking forward to, among other things, enjoying movie classics like, “A Christmas Story” this holiday season. The cooler weather doesn’t necessarily mean you can skip out on the landscaping. My article this...
Winter Gardening with Evergreens & Conifers
Create an Evergreen ‘Skyline’: Blend Texture, Color, and Shape for Year-Round Drama and Beauty By Lisa Watters Lain, Arizona’s garden gal O ur house is a classic mountain home with large windows that enable us to enjoy both the natural and cultivated beauty outside. ...
8 Essential Steps to a Healthy Autumn Landscape
By Lisa Watters Lain, Arizona’s garden gal Autumn gardens are a time of change and preparation for the winter and spring that follow. With just a bit of effort, your landscape remains healthy and stands out from the rest. It took one crisp morning to perform the...