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Looking to make your backyard feel more private? Exploring the strengths of hedges and fences can help you shape a space that ...

While pergolas, fences, and trellises all make wonderful additions to a landscape, they look even better when adorned with climbing plants and flowering vines. Not only do vines add beauty to your ...

One of the simplest ways to create privacy for your yard may not include a fence at all. “My choice of fencing would be to use plants as a natural screen,” says David Angelov, CEO and founder of ...

One of the side effects of new construction is the matter of backyard privacy. Or, more specifically, lack of it. People who move into bulldozer-prepped subdivisions quickly realize their decks and ...

A house with great curb appeal can turn heads—but yours can, too, with these smart ideas for landscaping your front yard and ...

While vacationing recently on the Maine coast, I admired many nice gardens. Many of them had hedges or fences — more than I am used to seeing in rural New Hampshire. When settlers first arrived in New ...

Call it the domino effect of home improvement projects. For Lawrence "Tuck" Tuckerson, it started with the newly built wooden fence that skirts down the side and wraps around his tidy backyard, ...