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Sustainable Urban Landscape - Using the criteria of sustainability to develop landscapes to conserve resources, restrict chemical use and reduce labor inputs.
Landscape Design School - Home study course to help prepare the student for a career as a professional landscape designer.
Wise Water-Use Landscape - Planning and designing an attractive, useful, and water efficient landscape.
Landscaping to Attract Birds - Introduction and instructions on inviting birds into your landscape.
IPM-Based Landscape Design - Discusses specific design and construction practices to help minimize the reliance on pesticides.
Less Lawn - More sensible landscaping for gardeners and nature lovers... practical steps to shrink your lawn and grow your pleasure.
Ilona's Reflecting Pool Garden - Garden design ideas, with an emphasis on gardening in the Midwest region.
The Wise Gardener - 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.
Sustainable Trees and Shrubs - Provides information on tolerance, resistance, selection, and planting.
About Landscaping - Information for homeowners on hardscape and softscape elements in landscape design. Includes a chat room and forum.
Garden and Hearth: Landscaping Ideas - Collection of articles loosely arranged around garden design, ranging from windowbox construction to plant selection.
Better Homes and Gardens: Garden Design - A collection of articles on creating gardens, mostly taking the form of short tips and tricks.
LEAFappeal - A searchable photo gallery of yards and gardens, showing pictures of interesting plantings, combinations and layouts, garden art, paths, and structures.
Heirloom Gardens: Living Antiques Find Places Around Homes - Article on heriloom gardens as living history. Includes stories on Spanish influence, African American heritage, German gardens, English garden influences, and French Courtyard gardens.
Plants of Horticulture - Photos and text describing over 600 ornamental plants. A database from Ohio State University.
Basic Principles of Landscape Design - Essay explaining how to combine elements of art and science to create a functional, aesthetic landscape.
Suite101: Landscape Design - 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.
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