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17 ways to landscape on the cheap

Traditional thinking says you should expect to pay anywhere from 5% to 15% of your home's value on landscaping. Even at the low end of that range, you're looking at spending about $10,500 if you live in the median-value American home worth $218,900 in 2007.

Landscape Resolutions - Patch.com

Landscape Resolutions Patch.com It's time to rethink your landscape this year. Local landscape designer Beverly Auvil gives us a few suggestions to consider. Idea for 2012: why not plant a few edible plants in your FRONT yard this year? Get the neighbors talking. and more »

Grass may get greener — and more artificial — in Simi Valley - Ventura County Star

Grass may get greener — and more artificial — in Simi Valley Ventura County Star "If someone came in and said, 'Hey, I want to put artificial turf in my front yard,' then we'd have to determine ... is that a solid, man-made surface? I don't know." Moorpark discourages artificial turf at model homes and landscape plans, ... and more »

Traditional Gardening Morphs into Competing Landscape Design Business - Addis Fortune

Addis Fortune

Traditional Gardening Morphs into Competing Landscape Design Business Addis Fortune It is a mix of many flowers, simple designs using wood or bricks, typical of many yards in the country. This is all, now, just the memory of an aging man, as he has no garden to design and hardly anyone is interested in hiring traditional designers ... and more »

Landowners to lose ground to wider Glensford Drive - Fayetteville Observer

Landowners to lose ground to wider Glensford Drive Fayetteville Observer Many others will remain intact but with a four-lane road running through what are now yards and parking lots. Luther Paul III, owner of The Car Exchange of Fayetteville at Raeford and Hope Mills roads, said he will lose about a third of his nearly ... and more »