Natural gardens are made up of native plants and wildflowers. In the wild, they just happen. But around homes, they need to be planned and nurtured. Natural landscape design is achieved by reducing ...

I do not envy the judges of the Natural Landscape Photography Awards. Now in its fifth year, it's attracting some outrageously talented lenspeople, and I'm having a hard time even narrowing down which ...

Loved for its relaxed, informal and romantic style, prairie planting seeks to replicate the American prairies of the Midwest. Using native species and minimal human input, prairie gardens continue to ...

Architecture for Landscape: YACademy’s high-level training course offers 8 scholarships, and internships in internationally-renowned architectural firms. 110 hours of lessons, a 60-hour workshop and ...

If you wake up in the morning crossing your fingers and hoping the view outside your window has magically transformed ...

You hear people talking about planning their landscapes toward a “more natural look.” Too often, however, it ends up with native plants set into unnatural designs that don’t look right for our part of ...

The previous owners cleared a 50-foot-wide swath of forest down to the water's edge and laid a strip of concrete from their back patio down to the shore. Finding the usual stair alternatives too ...

Al fresco living is having a moment. We’re all using our personal outdoor spaces more than ever, in fact, according to a recent survey conducted by TruGreen, folks are spending 14 hours a week outside ...

To see the full list of winners and honored images, be sure to visit the Natural Landscape Photography Awards website.

A client once asked us to include a clothesline in an all-natural garden we were designing. It wasn't a large yard, and this utilitarian feature didn't fit the theme. I suggested we get rid of it. The ...