Did you know that in a single tablespoon of soil there are more soil organisms than there are humans on this planet? Or that there are 5,000 different types of bacteria in a single gram of soil? Sometimes it’s hard to see the forest for the...
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Dear Backyard Bounty community, Thank you for everything you are doing in your garden to preserve habitat, create beautiful outdoor living spaces, manage stormwater, and increase native plantings. Backyard Bounty is honored to be part of your...
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Changing turf to habitat under a large tree – Before and After Turfgrass lawns are needy beasts. If someone offered you a plant that required pruning every week, aerating, overseeding and fertilizing every growing season, stayed a plain...
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Leaf fall is one of nature’s most efficient recycling mechanisms. By leaving your leaves in your garden, the nutrients that went into creating those leaves during the spring and summer are returned to your soil during fall and winter. This...
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We were glad to be featured in this article about the design process in Total Landscape Care this month. Happy Vectorworks customer!
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Indoor & Outdoor Entertaining: Making Your Spaces Function & Flow Tuesday, May 15 | 7-8:30pm Petworth Library (4200 Kansas Avenue NW) | Lower Level Meeting Room We’re really looking forward to presenting with Amber Harris of At Home...
Read more‘We’ve been changing the landscapes we inhabit for millennia, and, these days, our reach is truly global. Inhale. That breath has 36 more molecules of carbon dioxide than it did in 1750.’ -p.2 Rambunctious Garden by Emma Marris...
Read moreHere’s a helpful graphic to explain what you gain and what you can anticipate spending for professional landscaping at your home. Landscape Value and Costs
Read moreDC area folks: Come explore the Turner and Grefsheim gardens, both designed and installed by Backyard Bounty, on the Brookside Gardens tour this Saturday. Private Gardens of Montgomery County Tour Visit some of the most faulous private gardens in...
Read moreGenerally, a pergola goes over a patio, and there is a confidence that comes when you design within general rules. This one is designed to link patio to lower level woodlands with a mulched seating area beneath. I left the job site after the...
Read moreMalabar Spinach: Thrives in summer heat, beautiful on a fence or trellis. Visualizing it in the garden on this cold wet Saturday. Southern Exposure Seed Catalogue is sold out, but Johnny’s Selected Seeds has ’em.
Read moreThe strip beside our alley driveway is bounded by an old chain link fence that has been mangled by the trunks of mulberry trees (thankfully now dead). By mid-June, it gets overrun by mile a minute vine, wild roses, poison ivy and about...
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