Category: Gardening

5 steps to planning the perfect family friendly landscaping!

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Are you looking to change up your landscaping? Why not make it family friendly so kids and parents both want to be outside! Here’s five ideas for creating the perfect family-friendly yard:   Determine your child’s favorite outdoor activities. From tree houses to tire swings and trampolines to rock climbing walls, there are tons of [Continue]

Contest – Win a box of landscape edging!

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Could your backyard use a little landscaping? Now is your chance! This contest ends on September 1st! Send us a picture of your “Ugly Yard” on Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #TheUYC to be entered to win a free box of landscape edging! Our Landscaping Specialist will give you specific advice to help improve [Continue]

Give Your Landscaping A “Step Up!”

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Do you have lots of hills in your landscaping? Is your yard and patio on different levels? This is your summer guide for incorporating steps into your landscaping! If you’re going for a natural looking garden or landscape, this pea-stone design gives the steps a great earthy feel! Try something unique like this. They used [Continue]

Our Top Picks | The Pool Edition

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Maybe it’s the summer vibes or the warm weather, but we’re enjoying the many pool designs we’ve found on our Pinterest Board. Here’s some of our favorites! Every pool needs a waterfall! Or at least an awesome fountain! Who doesn’t want a shallow end for sun bathing! But sometimes simple is best! Especially a kid [Continue]

Happy Independence Day!

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Happy Fourth of July! Here’s some of our favorite decorations! Utilize your porch swing! And your white picket fence! Or ANYTHING rustic you can get your hands on. Find a old pallet and some paint! Don’t forget to add a wreath! There’s tons of designs! And creative ways to celebrate! Create a decorative #DIY sign. [Continue]

Our Top Picks | The Porch Edition

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Here are some of our favourite Porch Designs and decorations!   We love how the red just makes the whole porch pop! We love how the furniture matches the accents on the door! The colors just lighten the whole porch! This porch just needs friends and a pitcher of sweet tea. We just love the [Continue]

Inexpensive Ways To Increase Curb Appeal

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Looking for some inexpensive but easy ways to increase your curb appeal? Here’s 16 ideas!   Add a plant to the front walkway! Put out a welcome mat. Paint your door! Add a decorative wreath or welcome sign. Install Window Boxes. Add a table and chairs for outside visits! Add shutters to your windows. Create [Continue]

Our Favorite Picks: The Patio Edition

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    Are you enjoying the summer weather? We are! So we thought it would be fitting that we share with you some of our Favourite Patio designs! We love this slightly rustic, natural toned patio. It looks like it would be a cozy place to read a book or visit with friends as the [Continue]

#TheUYC | Entry #1

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Want to give your yard a Face lift? Now’s your chance! Introducing… Here’s how you enter: Send us a picture of your “Ugly Yard” on Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #TheUYC to be entered to win. Our Landscaping Specialist will give you specific advice to help improve it. Advice will be published over on [Continue]