Landscaping How To & DIY

Landscape contractor Lee Gilliam helps a homeowner reclaim a piece of his yard that’s overrun with invasive and aggressive species.

Lee Gilliam, the newest member of the Ask This Old House family, teams up with landscaping contractor Jenn Nawada to help a homeowner whose yard has been going downhill.

Carpenter Nathan Gilbert’s Christmas tree farm suffered some damage from a fallen red oak. Rather than get rid of it, he’s going to turn it into usable slabs of wood for his projects.

Landscape contractor Jenn Nawada and mason Mark McCullough team up to build a simple stone water feature that makes a big impact.

Heath Eastman demonstrates how to install landscape lighting along a garden path. Adding landscape lighting to a walkway or path can improve the look and experience of the area.

Ask This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada helps out a friend with some plantings that work well with a winding, brick walkway.

Watch as This Old House landscape expert Jenn Nawada demonstrates how to build a raised garden bed in her backyard.

Ask This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada travels to Washington D.C. to help a homeowner select and plant a cherry tree for his house.

Ask This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada shares DIY Smarts tips when she travels to Orlando to upgrade an irrigation system.

Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada partners with an ecologist in Cheyenne, Wyoming to learn about different types of prairie grasses and how to care for them

Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada installs a vertical garden to maximize space for a homeowner

This Old House contractor Tom Silva shows how to build a cover that can turn a store-bought fire pit into a table when not in use.

Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner prune his crabapple tree

Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada heads to Phoenix to recreate the desert in a homeowner’s front yard

Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada updates a landscape by moving around, dividing, and pruning the current plants in the yard.

Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada installs a water feature that collects and reuses rainwater.

Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada uses a homeowner’s existing plants and a few additions to transform the look of a house’s foundation

Jenn Nawada, landscape designer for Ask This Old House, helps install a pondless waterfall in a backyard.

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner install a drip-irrigation system

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner select and plant a deciduous shade tree.

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows safe, effective ways to use a wheelbarrow

Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada explains how to create a piece of artwork out of succulent plants

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows the right way to prune shrubs