The Garden Media Group 2018 annual report is out, showcasing garden trends and styles for the coming year. Turns out that our passion for all things nature and healing is in vogue in a big way – nature as the best medicine. We’ve written often about the ways the gorgeous landscapes we create are designed […]
Landscape Design
Why would anyone need a landscape designer?
While some might say something like “would you attempt to operate on yourself?” in order to make a nonsense comparison, Outdoor Craftsmen prefers to offer this list of benefits of hiring a reputable landscape designer: You will increase the value of your home – up to as much as 15% over comparable houses. We not […]
What’s on your outdoor wish list?
Our popular Get Started website page is valuable in helping our clients to think ‘outside’. This comprehensive checklist is a homeowner’s dream in the ideas arena. From terraces to fire features, natural swimming pools with cabanas to greenhouses and putting greens, this handy wish list doesn’t miss a beat in providing imagination in having everything […]
The benefits of a blank slate
Are you sitting on blank canvas for a fresh and modern approach to landscaping and don’t know it? Could a new start for your land be just the thing you need to create natural abundance and coexist peacefully with your land? Starting over is a best possible approach for many tired, overgrown landscapes. Beginning anew […]
Good Bones Make Great Gardens
The difference between a good garden and a great one – the one that touches your soul and lifts your spirit, that offers sanctuary in any moment, that is at once exuberant and contained – is what landscape artisans call the ‘bones’. Hardscape elements such as terraces, walls, natural boulders, and pathways shape the landscape […]
Would you love this in your backyard?
Let Outdoor Craftsmen take a peek at your landscape wish list and provide ideas and costs for making some (or all) of those projects a reality. You can pull the trigger on as many or little projects as you like! What would YOU love in your outdoor spaces? Think as big or small as you […]