Home landscapes are very special places. The activities that go on there from week to week touch our lives. It’s where things happen. There we entertain friends and family during the summer. It’s where youngsters have their sandboxes, basketball hoops, and tree houses.

Home landscapes surround us. They give us the privacy we need for rest and relaxation.

Landscapes serve all these functions and more. Because they are multi-purpose, they can meet the needs of the family only if they are properly planned.

The goal of this site is to provide members with helpful information on planning, caring, and maintaining their home landscapes.

Each week a new article will be posted on some aspect of landscaping. It may be on the design process, how to create blueprints and garden plans, and how to execute these completed designs.

There will be how-to articles with step-by-step instructions on various topics, such as on how to choose the best landscape plants, how to plant them, and how to give them the care they need.

Other articles will focus on how to renovate an older landscape to give it an updated look.

There will be articles on various kinds of individual garden areas within the overall landscape, such as front yard gardens, side yards, and courtyards. Other articles will focus on how to integrate garden structures, such as decks, gazeboes, and garden sheds, into the landscape.

Each year new landscape plants are introduced, so there will be informative articles about the best new varieties.

Other articles may focus on well-known garden designers, particularly innovative ones using cutting edge techniques and ideas. At the same time, there will also ber focus on designers that are of historical interest.

In addition, there will be articles of seasonal interest, including recommended plants and routine garden maintenance.

In a nutshell, those are some of the things you can expect from Landscaping at Bella in the future.