http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/Landscape-design-blog.html The Landscape Design Expert Blog keeps you up-to-date with all the additions and changes to the Landscape-Design-Expert.com Web Site . Subscribe Here! en-us landscape design Thu, 10 May 2012 19:37:11 GMT Thu, 10 May 2012 19:37:11 GMT landscape-design-expert.com http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/landscape-update.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/landscape-update.html Spring Projects & Landscaping Hints Thu, 10 May 2012 19:37:10 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/we-are-considering-a-circle-driveway-for-our-22-acre-lot-and-are-wondering-if-a-circle-driveway-is-a-possibility.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/we-are-considering-a-circle-driveway-for-our-22-acre-lot-and-are-wondering-if-a-circle-driveway-is-a-possibility.html The road coming into our property is centered with the house and we have a shelter belt taking up 53 ft around the perimeter of the lot. There is approximately Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:09:17 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-to-create-a-circle-driveway-when-the-house-is-at-an-angle-to-the-road.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-to-create-a-circle-driveway-when-the-house-is-at-an-angle-to-the-road.html I would love to get some help with this dilemma. My house is set at an angle to the street - in a rural setting with gravel at the road. We would like Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:57:42 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/i-am-on-a-low-budget-for-landscaping-bc-we-are-renting-but-i-have-to-have-my-summer-flowers.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/i-am-on-a-low-budget-for-landscaping-bc-we-are-renting-but-i-have-to-have-my-summer-flowers.html I have a large planting area in front of a large window. I purchased 7 large Mexican heaters, plumbago, a plant with tulip like yellow blooms and several Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:51:38 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/backyard-drainage-problem.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/backyard-drainage-problem.html My backyard is fairly small and has a city storm drain in one of the lower corners to help get rid of the rain water. The problem is that over the years, Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:23:16 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/woodland-plants-below-a-15-retaining-wall.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/woodland-plants-below-a-15-retaining-wall.html We've just completed a 80' x 15' tall retaining wall. Its on a hillside (2.5 to 1 grade) and overlooks a nice lake. We want to soften the wall. We are Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:46:41 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/do-you-have-any-ideas-for-6-x-12-ivory-pavers-and-tar-and-chip-driveway.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/do-you-have-any-ideas-for-6-x-12-ivory-pavers-and-tar-and-chip-driveway.html Hello I live in south florida and tar and chip driveways are not common. I have travertine pavers (6x12) and was wondering if you had any design ideas Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:02:36 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/we-are-planning-a-circular-driveway-but-our-front-yard-is-a-little-small-for-such-an-endeavor-how-close-to-the-house-should-the-closest-part-of-the-driveway-be.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/we-are-planning-a-circular-driveway-but-our-front-yard-is-a-little-small-for-such-an-endeavor-how-close-to-the-house-should-the-closest-part-of-the-driveway-be.html A 55 foot circle puts us about 3 feet next to the house. Is this too close? The closest I have brought a circular driveway in front of a house is about Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:46:47 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-do-i-hide-the-basket-ball-hoop.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-do-i-hide-the-basket-ball-hoop.html New construction. Nice home w/ short (ish) driveway. On the right hand side is a half court hoop court I would like to screen. But, I do not want to call Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:07:39 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/do-you-have-any-suggestions-for-designing-a-ushaped-or-circular-driveway-for-a-cul-de-sac-lot.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/do-you-have-any-suggestions-for-designing-a-ushaped-or-circular-driveway-for-a-cul-de-sac-lot.html We own a 3/4 acre cul de sac lot and are in the process of designing a house for it (1 story, 4400 sq ft). The 3-car garage is in the back of the house Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:36:27 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-do-i-do-a-brick-edge-on-a-concrete-patio.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-do-i-do-a-brick-edge-on-a-concrete-patio.html I am in rural Missouri and would like to do a patio of concrete but with some old bricks set into it (the bricks were salvaged from an old building). Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:04:55 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-help.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-help.html Am in process of designing driveway....need some advice ...living in nfld,Canada? I am happy to help you with your driveway. Can you be more specific Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:33:19 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/i-have-a-gravel-driveway-and-the-edges-are-always-being-run-over-by-cars-and-trucksthen-the-driveway-looks-messy.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/i-have-a-gravel-driveway-and-the-edges-are-always-being-run-over-by-cars-and-trucksthen-the-driveway-looks-messy.html I need recommendations on edges for the driveway so that it can look neat and prevent drive overs. Price is a consideration. thank you. Hello! Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:04:28 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/ranch-style-house-landscaping.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/ranch-style-house-landscaping.html Can you please help? What sort of design suits a ranch style, single story house? A landscape design always takes into consideration the architecture Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:38:37 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/does-a-u-shaped-driveway-have-to-pass-in-front-of-the-front-door.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/does-a-u-shaped-driveway-have-to-pass-in-front-of-the-front-door.html Our home is very long and the driveway is to the far right of the home. Our front door is on the opposite side of the house. I would like to add a u Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:32:26 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-question.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-question.html Hello, we are planning our families dream home and have found your site very helpful! We have a conundrum that we think you could help us with. Our property Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:27:18 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-design-ideas.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-design-ideas.html Hello, I just came across your website and thought you may be able to help. I have been racking my brain trying to come up with a good looking driveway Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:59:07 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/do-you-have-any-steel-edging-photos.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/do-you-have-any-steel-edging-photos.html Hi there, Do you have photos of driveways with steel edging specifically in Colonial Williamsburg. We are considering using steel to edge our gravel driveway Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:18:02 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/parkingareas.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/parkingareas.html Parking areas at your home should not look like the parking lot at the mall. Make room for cars without ruining your landscape while adding interest and pizzazz. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:41:10 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/can-an-outdoor-brick-fireplace-be-moved.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/can-an-outdoor-brick-fireplace-be-moved.html My neighbor has a beautiful old brick fireplace in her backyard. I know she is thinking about selling her home, and I would love to have that fireplace- Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:50:04 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/trees-edging-for-a-long-driveway.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/trees-edging-for-a-long-driveway.html Hello there, I have a 900 foot gravel driveway in Newburg, Maryland. I would like to plant trees along the driveway. What do you recommend? What do Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:14:43 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/what-do-you-think-of-driveways-with-a-center-grass-area.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/what-do-you-think-of-driveways-with-a-center-grass-area.html We are building a house with a side, three car garage. How would it look to have the straight section from the street with a grass or ground cover center Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:09:09 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/i-need-help-with-the-size-of-our-circular-driveway-to-minimize-asphalt-and-increase-green-space-while-getting-the-functionality.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/i-need-help-with-the-size-of-our-circular-driveway-to-minimize-asphalt-and-increase-green-space-while-getting-the-functionality.html Before we have asphalt laid, I want to be sure of the design of the driveway. We have had the old driveway torn out and have laid only gravel so far. After Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:57:00 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/passagassawakeag-river.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/passagassawakeag-river.html My name is Brittany and I live in Waldo, ME. My Mom and I have this thing about fishing. We have to do it! So, I was down at the bridge one evening with Thu, 19 May 2011 10:01:24 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-to-add-landscaping-to-soften-and-hide-hard-edges-of-driveway.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-to-add-landscaping-to-soften-and-hide-hard-edges-of-driveway.html My driveway seems to overwhelm the overall view of the house and front landscaping. I would like to add a bed along the left side before the driveway Wed, 18 May 2011 17:21:25 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/drivewayparking-question.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/drivewayparking-question.html My wife and I have started construction on our dream home. We have preliminarily designed the driveway as a straight driveway with a circle in front of Tue, 17 May 2011 08:02:09 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/best-landscaping-for-a-long-container-to-separate-street-from-driveway.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/best-landscaping-for-a-long-container-to-separate-street-from-driveway.html Hello! We are building a planting strip next to a street to separate street from a private circular driveway. Inside dimensions of the strip is 25 feet Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:32:25 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/what-would-be-the-best-liner-for-a-backyard-pond-with-dogs.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/what-would-be-the-best-liner-for-a-backyard-pond-with-dogs.html We would like to build a backyard pond in the dog run area of our yard, so the dogs have a way to cool down in the heat and hopefully distract them from Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:13:44 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-do-we-design-a-driveway-and-landscaping-to-balance-new-garage-doors.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-do-we-design-a-driveway-and-landscaping-to-balance-new-garage-doors.html We are in need of a curb appeal genie. Right now the house looks like it was made by committee because of different colors and textures everywhere with Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:53:46 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/cottage-gardens.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/cottage-gardens.html Cottage Gardens made Simple! Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:18:22 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/we-need-assistance-on-large-landscaping-project.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/we-need-assistance-on-large-landscaping-project.html I've attached pictures of the area we are wanting to landscape. Our home is for sale in rural South Dakota (Zone 4-5)and we'd like better curb appeal. Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:26:38 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/what-do-you-know-about-rolled-limestone-driveway-surface.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/what-do-you-know-about-rolled-limestone-driveway-surface.html I have a 1/4 mile driveway that curves and rides small rolling hills, therefore concrete and asphalt seem prohibitive. I have always had gravel, but between Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:05:12 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/sloped-driveway.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/sloped-driveway.html My partner and I are looking to have a new driveway installed this year as our current paving stones are beginning to crack and the mortar in-between has Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:52:22 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-would-you-design-a-driveway-on-a-corner-house.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-would-you-design-a-driveway-on-a-corner-house.html How would you design a driveway with a house on a corner? The front of the house faces a busy road. The side of the house has a garage facing a less Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:44:18 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-problem.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-problem.html Our home is 36 years old. We started off with a concrete driveway. It cracked. Then we had it stamped painted. Cracks were back in two months and the contractor Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:42:16 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/the-most-economical-way-to-cover-a-dust-bowl-of-a-drive-way-and-parking-area.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/the-most-economical-way-to-cover-a-dust-bowl-of-a-drive-way-and-parking-area.html Driveway is about 32 metres x 5 metres (160 metres)and the parking area is L shaped 16m both outside lengths, 11m both inside lengths and end widths of Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:07:15 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-do-we-add-a-parking-spot-to-the-base-of-our-driveway.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/how-do-we-add-a-parking-spot-to-the-base-of-our-driveway.html Hi! We have a long steep one car driveway that leads up into the one car garage. We would love to add a parking spot to the bottom of our front yard to Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:17:42 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/woodlandgardens.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/woodlandgardens.html Woodland Gardens have unique site conditions that offer wonderful opportunities for a shade garden! Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:05:11 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/circle-driveway-or-not.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/circle-driveway-or-not.html Hello, I am finishing our home in Hempstead Tx. Our ranch roads and drives were put in long before the house was designed. (The odd shape in yellow) There Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:54:33 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/making-driveway-look-presentable.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/making-driveway-look-presentable.html My driveway is concrete and had a few cracks so I got a local guy to repair it. I didn't realise that he would drill out the concrete and fill it in. Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:44:31 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/waterfalls.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/waterfalls.html Design and Build Waterfalls that Work! Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:00:12 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/the-complete-width-of-our-new-house-is-going-to-be-73-feet-how-big-of-a-circle-do-we-need-for-a-circle-driveway.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/the-complete-width-of-our-new-house-is-going-to-be-73-feet-how-big-of-a-circle-do-we-need-for-a-circle-driveway.html The complete width of our new house is going to be 73 feet. How big of a circle do we need for a circle driveway? Good Morning Leslie, The minimum Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:36:10 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/best-lawn-for-my-yard.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/best-lawn-for-my-yard.html I have a small (60' x 60') yard in Indianland, S.C. that is shared with 3 large dogs. Every winter the dogs running around create a muddy mess. I would Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:11:48 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-design.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-design.html Please see my attached lot layout. Are the dimensions for the drive functional? Would you change anything? Dear Aaron, The scan is fuzzy, so I can't Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:09:23 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/outdoor-fireplaces.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/outdoor-fireplaces.html Outdoor fireplaces create a warm, cozy gathering place and an exciting focal point! Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:36:23 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/tar-and-gravel.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/tar-and-gravel.html Nice website ! We have a tar and pea gravel surface drive. We did this about 20 years ago over an asphalt driveway in bad shape. We enjoyed the look Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:01:21 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/is-30-radius-okay.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/is-30-radius-okay.html my driveway is a derivative of the teardrop shaped driveway that starts with around 24' double-laned entrance, and then merges into a semi circle with Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:42:03 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/what-is-a-good-option-for-replacing-a-stamped-concrete-driveway.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/what-is-a-good-option-for-replacing-a-stamped-concrete-driveway.html I have a stamped concrete driveway that is 10 years old. It looked pretty good 5 or 6 years ago and then started to go down hill. I spent close to $20K Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:04:46 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-surface.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-surface.html Choose the Best Driveway Surface for Your Property! Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:07:05 GMT http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-edge.html http://www.landscape-design-expert.com/driveway-edge.html Bordering a driveway with a structural edge adds a beautiful landscape design detail, but is also functional. See what a driveway edge can do for your project and learn about the different types! Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:05:14 GMT