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Adding a Garden Water Fountain
Adding elegance and visual interest to any garden, a water fountain also provides the relaxing sound of trickling water. Once installed, a garden water fountain can provide years of pleasure with minimal maintenance.

Adding to Your Home's Security
Shrubs and foliage are great for decorating, but can also create a home security problem. Make sure shrubs do not create hiding places, either by themselves or by covering up light that would reveal a thief. Make sure trees and trimmed back from upper windows and balconies. Use thorny shrubs as a deterrent to sneaking around in your yard.

Beautiful Garden Ornaments
When creatively placing garden ornaments, remember to keep it simple. Overburdening your garden with beautiful garden ornaments results in mere clutter. Allow the garden ornaments to work comfortably with your plants.

Building a Retaining Wall
Slopes are good for their beauty, but flat land is much better for gardening. Make a terrace with a retaining wall. This can be done with some pre-fabricated retaining stones and some hard work. Dig a level trench and put your stones down on top of each other, making sure they are all interlocked. Fill up the area behind the wall and cover with topsoil.

Building a Retaining Wall - Video
If you have a yard that is full of hills and dales, then the best way to have a garden just might be to have a retaining wall. Here are some helpful tips for when you are building a retaining wall.

Decks and Patios
There is more to landscaping and lawn care than simply making your grass look pretty. One of the most commonly over looked pieces of landscaping are actually the decks and patios that people use to have parties, or to sit out on and enjoy the great outdoors. Here are a few things that can help you decide on which you would like to have in your landscaping scheme.

Easy to Install Solar Garden Lights
Solar garden lighting is very easy to install yourself, providing a low-cost alternative to hiring an electrician to run wiring. Not only is it low-cost, it is moveable, creating new lighting for any occasion.

Functional Wind Chimes for your Garden
Mostly used for decorative purposes, wind chimes are also used to forecast weather. Functional wind chimes for your garden can alert you to coming storms or hot doldrums in summer.

Gardening on a Slope
One of the most important factors to know when gardening on a slope is that of temperatures. Temperatures can differ greatly within the slope, since warm air rises and cold air sinks, filling depressions in the land. Both warm and cold air movements cause convection and winds. Learn the microclimates of your hillside and plan accordingly when considering the types of plants you want to grow.

Landscaping With Natural Grasses
If you're sick and tired of your high maintenance lawn, consider replacing it with natural or ornamental grasses. Requiring very little water and little upkeep, natural grasses are visually interesting and a welcome change from the usual lawn turf.

Types of Retaining Walls
Retaining walls are the perfect solution to help prevent erosion and hold soil in place. Learn about the many different types of retaining walls in this article.

Using Hedges for Privacy
A privacy hedge provides all the benefits of a fence while keeping your yard looking natural and beautiful. It's the perfect solution to block out those unwanted views and provide a little seclusion for your yard. Best of all, using a hedge gives you a natural alternative to using a fence.

Whimsical Garden Decor
If you are lighthearted, you may prefer using whimsical décor in your garden, rather than staunch statuary. While there are no hard-and-fast rules when choosing whimsical garden décor, the goal is to enhance your garden, and not overpower it with accents.

 

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