Landscaping
DIY Pool, Pond, and Fountain Ideas for Your Yard
Everything you need to know about installing and maintaining water features in your yard.
How to Find Inspiration for Your Landscape Projects
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada walks Kevin through the process of pulling inspiration for a landscape design.
How to Reimagine a Historic Landscape Design
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada uses an historic landscape design from a protégé of Frederick Law Olmsted as inspiration to transform an overgrown backyard.
How to Maintain Fruit Trees
Pay attention to these four key areas and your trees will remain at a manageable height while producing abundant fruit. Tom Spellman of Dave Wilson Nursery, one of the largest growers of fruit trees in the country, helps gardeners get the most out of their trees by focusing on this checklist
Small Evergreens, Big Impact
Combine dwarf conifers in pots for a fresh look—and year-round color
3 Garden Rakes for Different Tasks
Whether you’re gathering leaves into a pile or leveling soil to prep for grass seed, a rake is an important part of fall yard maintenance. While they all require that trademark push-pull motion, many are task-specific. Here are three worth storing in your shed.
How to Transform Your Landscape Using Existing Plants
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
A Green and Serene Water-Thrifty Landscape
Sculptural shrubs, verdant groundcovers, and dappled sunlight create the magic in this canyon-hugging property in Los Angeles.
Ask This Old House: Roger Cook’s Greatest Hits
Over the years, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook has shown countless homeowners how to care for their trees
How to Get Rid of Tree Stumps
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner dig out a stubborn tree stump.
How to Build a Pondless Waterfall
Jenn Nawada, landscape designer for Ask This Old House, helps install a pondless waterfall in a backyard.
A Suburban Lot Turns into Magical Garden Rooms
Here's how an ordinary suburban lot became a nature playground for kid and adults alike—with ideas anyone can use
How to Prune in Early Spring
Prune these specimens in the late winter or early spring for thicker foliage later on.
How to Make Maple Syrup Like a Pro
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada heads to Vermont to learn about making maple syrup commercially and at home
How to Install a Water-Saving Drip-Irrigation System
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner install a drip-irrigation system
How to Plant a Large Shade Tree
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner select and plant a deciduous shade tree.
Ask Roger: How to Use a Wheelbarrow
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows safe, effective ways to use a wheelbarrow
How to Create Succulent Art
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada explains how to create a piece of artwork out of succulent plants
Ask Roger: How to Prune Shrubs
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows the right way to prune shrubs
Ask Roger: Using Landscape Edging
Learning about landscape edging with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
Ask Roger: How to Calculate Cubic Yards
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook simplifies the tricky task to ordering mulch by the cubic yard
How to Plant a Live Christmas Tree
Here’s how to prepare, select, and plan to plant a Christmas tree in your backyard to keep it alive after the holiday season.
Landscaping Tips from TOH's 2015 Idea House
Master gardener and Monrovia editorial director Kate Karam shares her secrets for creating our easy-care, four-season cottage garden
How to Plant Palm Trees
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook heads to Miami to plant several varieties of palm trees in a front yard
All About Garden Fountains
Adding the pleasing sights and sounds of flowing water to your backyard can transform it into a relaxing retreat
6 Questions for Roger Cook
This Old House landscape contractor since 1982, Roger Cook talks landscaping trends, project challenges, his favorite plants, and more
How to Remove Overgrown Shrubs
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook demonstrates how to remove overgrown shrubs safely
How to Build a Copper Trellis
Transform plumbing tubing and fittings into an elegant garden accent
CHECKLIST | Get Your House Ready for Spring
Put these items on your fix-it list to transition from winter to spring
Grow Little Fruit Trees for Big Rewards
An ingenious pruning method for growing an orchard in a small backyard
A Garden Designer's Favorite Shrubs
8 no-fail garden beauties for all-season performance
The Benefits of Deep-Feeding Trees
Give distressed trees this special treatment and extra attention