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Lawn Alternatives: Create a Sustainable Outdoor Space
So you’re thinking about ditching your lawn. Do it! We’ve done it, and we promise you won’t regret it! In fact, this whole crazy venture we have embarked on by starting Localeaf first started with…
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Transform Your Yard with Creative Garden Pathways
Contracting the services of a reputable and traditional landscaping company is the best way to achieve uniform manicured paths in highly trafficked areas of your yard. That is absolutely not what we do. While we…
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Creating a Drought-Tolerant Xeric Garden
Imagine a garden that you (almost) never have to water. In a nutshell, that is xeric garden design. Reminiscent of a desert landscape, but adapted to our northern climate, xeric gardens thrive without additional water…
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Creative Rock Garden Ideas for Challenging Areas
The first patch we converted from lawn in our garden was the dreaded “right of way” area of our front yard, which sees heavy foot traffic and deposits of winter salt and ice left by…
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Essential Tips for Designing a Productive Vegetable Garden
Our property in located on a quiet street corner, and we have an impossibly tiny back-yard but a LOT of space wrapping around the side of our house (side-garden?), which was dead and dessert like…
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Edible Permascapes and Mixed Food Gardens
Do you dream of walking through your gardens with a steaming cup of coffee in the morning, stopping to harvest fresh fruit and vegetables along the way? We love designing gardens incorporating edible fruit, berries,…
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Transform Your Garden with Native Plants
Native gardening is trending, but many still think they look messy. It doesn’t have to be that way! Native plants support our environment and come in lots of varieties. With smart design, native gardens can…