Stories from Houzz

Outdoors 239 Stories
Gardening
The Best Trees to Plant for Spring Interest
By Claudia De Yong
Spring blossom brings a burst of expectation for the year ahead. Here’s how to get some growing in your patch
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Garden Design
10 Ideas to Bring New Levels to Your Flat Garden
By Patricia Tyrrell
Whatever size your garden, enhance it with a design that includes features and planting at different levels
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Gardening
What Will Be the Hottest Garden Trends for 2017?
By Claudia De Yong
From maximising small plots to embracing blowsy blooms, discover the garden trends shaping the year ahead
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Garden Design
10 Excellent Ways to Incorporate Steps into Your Garden
By Patricia Tyrrell
Adding steps your patch provides the opportunity to create a feature, as well as changing the feel of your outside space
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Garden Design
16 Ideas to Kick-start Your Small Garden Revamp Plans
By Kate Burt
Got a garden project in mind but drawn a blank when it comes to ideas? These ones should get the creative juices flowing
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Gardening
How to Build or Recycle a Garden-enhancing Feature
By Claudia De Yong
Put planting aside for the moment and focus on the structures you can build to give your space year-round interest
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Gardening
Think You Haven’t Got Space for a... Garden?
By Joanna Simmons
Creating a garden needn’t rely on acres of outside space. Sometimes, creativity and green fingers are enough
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Garden Design
13 Design Ideas When Choosing Gravel for Your Garden
By Patricia Tyrrell
Surprisingly versatile in its colour and texture, the right gravel can turn your outside space into something special
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Gardening
Sloping Garden? Here’s How to Make it Work
By Claudia De Yong
Don’t despair if your garden’s on a slope – there are many ways to enjoy the space
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Garden Tours
Garden Tour: A Curvy Lawn and All-season Plants Soften a City Plot
By Joanna Simmons
A long, thin garden has been transformed by a sinuous lawn and gorgeous planting that adds colour and interest year-round
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Gardening
It’s Bulb-planting Season! 10 Tips for Getting it Right
By Claudia De Yong
With the soil still warm and bulbs plentiful, October is the perfect month to get planting bulbs for spring displays
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