Archive for April, 2009

Professional Landscaper

Friday, April 24th, 2009

You are more likely to achieve your landscaping goals by hiring a professional landscaper—no matter if your project is a themed garden, like an English garden design or a Mediterranean landscape design, a small garden design that only encompasses landscape planting or a complex construction project. A well-versed Houston professional landscaper will take into account [...]

Landscaping Design Ideas

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Most homeowners already have one or more Most homeowners already have one or more landscaping design ideas fixed firmly in their mind when they contact Exterior Worlds. They may have seen visited our landscaping design portfolio and seen the work we have done for other homeowners in neighborhoods like West University, Bellaire, River Oaks, [...]

Natural Landscaping Design

Friday, April 24th, 2009

If we were to have a truly native landscape in Houston Texas it would look like an abandon field of various grasses, a thicket edge of tangled vines, shrubs and underbrush or a mature grove of oaks with leaf ground cover underneath. These landscapes are beautiful out in the countryside but in our suburban enclaves [...]

What Exactly do You Put in Planter Boxes?

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

It’s pretty much impossible to find a person you know who doesn’t like the look of cheery flowers. What is much more common are those unfortunate people who don’t have room or access to a garden. The urban wonder and space-saving solution are planter boxes, that compact little garden on the go we see on [...]

Problem Solving With Planter Boxes

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

You’ve heard them called cute, quaint, and oh so pretty. Planter boxes, though, are more than just an aesthetic addition to a home. These symbols of Southern charm and beauty also have very real benefits that allow one’s inner gardener to flourish, not matter where one lives. Perhaps you can commiserate with one of the [...]

Planter Boxes Are the Urban Gardener’s Best Friend

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

You’ve seen them on countless homes but never really gave s second thought to planter boxes. As a symbol of Southern charm, these compact containers provide compact gardens to more than just quaint little houses out in the country. For example:
Scenario 1: Jessica lives in a sky rise apartment in the big city. Not only [...]

Top 10 Gift Ideas For Orchid Lovers

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Every one of us has an orchid enthusiast or at least a plant fanatic in their entourage, right? Well here are the ten top gift ideas for these people. This should ease your pain when you have to choose a Christmas gift for that aunt in law you barely know of…
Orchid Stationary
Every respectable Botanical Garden [...]

How to Improve Apartment Gardening With Potting Benches

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Potting benches can be an important tool for apartment gardeners. Clutter seems even more evident in small spaces. Potting benches help solve the clutter problem, at least as far as your gardening is concerned. You probably don’t have the room or permission to plant a large vegetable garden or an orchard behind your apartment building. [...]

Butterfly And Bird Feeders

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Butterfly and bird feeders attract lovely critters to your yard. Your primary ways of supplying food are with appropriate flowers and with bird feeders.
Many flowers attract both butterflies and hummingbirds. You can plant herbs such as sage and thyme. Also try catnip, hyssop, or lavender. Try other plants such as butterfly bush and bee balm. [...]

Natural and Man-Made Butterfly and Bird Feeders

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Butterfly and bird feeders provide a service to wild creatures by offering them a steady food source. Food sources are important both for birds who nest in your area, and for those who migrate through on their way somewhere else. A benefit for you, of course, is watching beautiful creatures right in your own yard. [...]