Landscaping Design – How to Avoid a Kitsch Landscape

You can create a chic landscape without turning it into a design disaster. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, “kitsch” is defined as “sentimentality or vulgar, often pretentious bad taste, especially in the arts.” Applying this term to the landscape can be quite different. It could imply specific garden elements unnecessary in the landscape or
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Buy an Existing Lawn Care Business Or Start Your Own?

When entrepreneurs first decide to enter the lawn care business one of the first decisions that they have to make is whether to buy an existing business or go with their own independent start-up right from scratch. There are advantages and disadvantages to buying an existing lawn care business as opposed to starting your own.
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Why a Patent Landscape Analysis Is Essential

Every enterprise, big or small, thrives on Research and development for its growth. Success of a product and in turn the company, depends on strategic planning of these R&D activities. Now, a key to this strategic planning is PLA or Patent landscape analysis, which allows one to navigate areas for growth and future developments. Landscape
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Landscaping Benefits and Lawn Maintenance Issues

Property value benefits of landscaping According to a Clemson University study, “Homeowners wanting to increase the value of their property will do well to consider the cost-effective, return potential of quality landscaping, and to safeguard their investments by hiring licensed, professional landscape contractors to perform the work.” This study found that quality landscaping can result
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How Landscaping and Hardscaping Increases Home Value

The next time you step outside your home, you might want to take a closer look at your property’s landscaping and hardscaping. Upgrading a home’s landscaping from OK to W-O-W can increase overall value from 10-20%, according to research from Virginia Tech. Landscaping 101 Landscaping goes beyond just plants and shrubs to hardscaping, which includes
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Tips From Professional Lawn Care Mowers

It’s fairly easy to maintain your own lawn, but when a professional is offering you free advice why wouldn’t you listen to it? If you’ve ever wondered what little secrets the lawn care professionals might have to make the yards they maintain look as good as they do, then these tips are for you. You’ll
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Horses Make A Landscape More Beautiful

The title of the book comes from the words of Lakota holy man Lame Deer: We had no word for the strange animal we got from the white man–the horse. So we called it sunka waken, “holy dog.” For bringing us the horse we could almost forgive you for bringing us whiskey. Horses make a
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Safely Mowing An Overgrown Lawn

There are many reasons why lawns are left to become overgrown, the property may have been left vacant for a long period of time, the property may be rented and the gardens not cared about by either the owner or the tenant, a busy lifestyle may just push our lawn care routines so low to
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Top 5 Qualities of Landscape Pathway Materials

You can easily find your way to a better yard with the right landscape pathway materials. If you are looking for new solutions for your outdoor area, then you will also want to consider the qualities for the hardscape you are working with. This will make a difference in how you approach your next landscape
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Hustle Up Cash With Your Own Lawn Care Service

Many homeowners and property owners simply do not have the time to care for their lawns. That being the case, they will often hire someone to do it for them. That person could be you! You will need a few things in order to be truly successful in this type of work. The good news
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