Say goodbye to overly manicured lawns and strict planting patterns, because naturalistic planting is the landscape trend on everyone’s lips this year. Aimed at cooperating with Mother Nature and ...

Garden trends are slow to change—plants take time to grow, after all—but one landscaping approach has clearly boomed in recent years: Naturalistic garden design. Inspired in part by famous Dutch ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Tired of long, hot Saturdays spent mowing the lawn, then weedwhacking your borders and garden beds into ...

The naturalistic style of chaos gardening lends itself to a more relaxed approach where it's fine to mix ornamental edible plants in with flowers. In fact, it's actively encouraged to get the most out ...

For an easy and low-maintenance design choice, ornamental grasses are one of the most useful plants you can include in your garden. Grasses work with just about every style of yard, and their many ...

The slightly daggy cousin of flashier plants, the shrub is the staple of many gardens. A tough love approach to maintenance will see fortune favour the brave.

Lou Lesesne has spent years cultivating a naturalistic garden in his front yard. He uses only native species of plants and allows them to grow tall, flower and seed without regular mowing. It’s an ...