Let nature do the neighboring.

An eastern red cedar thrives in a suburban landscape. - butterfly's dream/Shutterstock Planting large trees is one of the best ways to create some privacy, allowing you to enjoy nature from the ...

A beautiful hedge offers many benefits to a home garden. A wall of green can be a barrier between your space and the outside world, can define a space in your landscape, will dampen road noise, can ...

Fences make good neighbors and so do hedges ... as long as they are done well. Hedges are the workhorses of the suburban garden. They define space. As superstars of the backdrop, they set the mood and ...

Benjamin Franklin famously advised, "Love your neighbor, yet don’t pull down your hedge." Unfortunately, hedges have generally been pulled down to make way for fences and walls; hard barriers that are ...

Cars pollute. It’s a well-known reality that, in the abstract, imperils our climate and ravages our atmosphere. But for individual humans down on the street level next to the cars and trucks rushing ...

What: An exceptional selection of the eastern arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis “Degroot’s Spire” is very popular because of its narrow, columnar form with dense green foliage that sometimes twists and ...

Planting evergreen trees as privacy screens often looks friendlier than a fence, is cheaper than a wall, and prettier than lattice. It may take longer to reach a size to fully do the job, but it will ...

About 40 or 50 years ago a previous homeowner planted a row of cedars along the east side of our yard. When Larry moved in next door eight or nine years ago, he planted 35 more, running along the ...