Less Lawn
lesslawn.com
More sensible landscaping for gardeners and nature lovers... practical steps to shrink your lawn and grow your pleasure.
LEAFappeal
leafappeal.com
A searchable photo gallery of yards and gardens, showing pictures of interesting plantings, combinations and layouts, garden art, paths, and structures.
Sustainable Trees and Shrubs
uri.edu
Provides information on tolerance, resistance, selection, and planting.
About Landscaping
landscaping.about.com
Information for homeowners on hardscape and softscape elements in landscape design. Includes a chat room and forum.
Landscaping to Attract Birds
bcpl.net
Introduction and instructions on inviting birds into your landscape.
Ilona's Reflecting Pool Garden
geocities.com
Garden design ideas, with an emphasis on gardening in the Midwest region.
IPM-Based Landscape Design
efn.org
Discusses specific design and construction practices to help minimize the reliance on pesticides.
Landscape Design School
landscape-designer.co.nz
Home study course to help prepare the student for a career as a professional landscape designer.
Better Homes and Gardens: Garden Design
bhg.com
A collection of articles on creating gardens, mostly taking the form of short tips and tricks.
Garden and Hearth: Landscaping Ideas
gardenandhearth.com
Collection of articles loosely arranged around garden design, ranging from windowbox construction to plant selection.
Basic Principles of Landscape Design
edis.ifas.ufl.edu
Essay explaining how to combine elements of art and science to create a functional, aesthetic landscape.
Home Garden Design
acsedu.co.uk
Home Landscaping course. Optional assignments and award of merit available for a small fee.
Heirloom Gardens: Living Antiques Find Places Around Homes
agnews.tamu.edu
Article on heriloom gardens as living history. Includes stories on Spanish influence, African American heritage, German gardens, English garden influences, and French Courtyard gardens.
Suite101: Designing Home Landscapes
suite101.com
Ongoing series of articles on a variety of home landscaping topics, from plant choice and designing around problems to tours of gardens around the world.
Plants of Horticulture
plantfacts.osu.edu
Photos and text describing over 600 ornamental plants. A database from Ohio State University.
Sustainable Urban Landscape
sustland.umn.edu
Using the criteria of sustainability to develop landscapes to conserve resources, restrict chemical use and reduce labor inputs.
Conway School of Landscape Design
csld.edu
Massachusetts based graduate program of environmentally sound site design and land use planning.
Wise Water-Use Landscape
bae.ncsu.edu
Planning and designing an attractive, useful, and water efficient landscape.
The Wise Gardener
thewisegardener.com
Tropical gardening site originating in South Florida combining humor with information on palms, cacti and succulents; cooking with herbs and spices and garden decorating tips.