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How to Create Privacy in Your Yard Without a Fence
While fences offer quick privacy, they can feel harsh or restrictive. In contrast, natural privacy plants and softscaping provide a more welcoming, organic alternative. Over time, these options blend into the landscape and mature beautifully, adding character and...
Why Professional Landscape Design Adds Value to Your Home
Investing in professional landscape design is about more than just making your yard look good—it’s a strategic decision that can enhance your home’s curb appeal, increase its value, and improve your everyday quality of life.1. Boost Curb Appeal Instantly First...
Expert Landscape Design Services from Manhattan to Montauk
When you think of landscape design, you may think of what your dream staycation yard can look like, but landscape design also encompasses everything in between, from simple foundation plantings to privacy plantings to a new patio with a fire pit for family gatherings....
6 Tips for Creating a Garden Oasis for All Seasons
Here are six tips to update your landscape for year-round use from Hicks Landscapes, the top-rated landscape design/build firm on Long Island.
Hierarchy as a Landscape Design Element | Vol.3
Landscape Design Element: Hierarchy Hierarchy in landscape design is used to emphasize or highlight certain elements in the garden. Sometimes this emphasis is on an entry or another key feature. For hierarchy to be effective we need to set a standard, be it a size,...
Using Lines as a Landscape Design Element | Vol.2
Landscape Design Element: Line Lines are one of the simplest and most fundamental elements in landscape design. They form the foundation for all other design components and actively shape the layout and movement within a space. At their core, lines are simply two...
Negative Space as a Landscape Design Element | Vol.1
Design around the world and throughout the ages has utilized universal principles that apply to all art forms whether it be painting, music, architecture, or garden design. This is a look at some of these basic design elements and how they apply in the landscape....
Summer Garden Evaluation Tips
Summer is the perfect time to pause, sit back in your backyard, and reflect on your garden and landscape design. With the season in full swing, now’s a great opportunity to take stock of what’s working—and what’s not. Hits and Misses By mid-summer, your garden likely...
Landscape Design Master Planning
Many of us have avoided starting a project because we don’t know where to begin and it all seems overwhelming. When dealing with your landscape, the solution to this problem is to create a master plan. If you are tackling the work all at once or doing the work in...
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