As a writer for Forbes Home since 2021, Emily specializes in writing about home warranties, solar installations, car transportation and moving companies. With a background in journalism and experience ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

One of the reasons you opted for a small front yard to begin with might have been the appeal of retiring your mower—for good. In that case, embrace the ground cover even if you have a flat yard. To ...

There’s something wonderfully satisfying about stepping outside of your front door and being greeted by a burst of greenery and fragrant blooms, no matter how small the space. Thoughtful front yard ...

Rod McKenna-Johnson's job is to help people get lost — in their own backyards. As the founder and owner of Fantasy Gardens and Arizona Zenscapes, he crafts detailed, complex landscapes designed to be ...

This week, The Wall Street Journal’s Mansion section is rolling out stories from our special desert living issue. Check out stories like this one on homeowners designing properties to beat the heat ...

A modern landscape surrounding a 4,500-square-foot contemporary home might be expected to spectacularly stand out in the hills of Dove Mountain in Marana. Instead, the property nearly disappears into ...

When Christopher Greer was putting together a landscape plan for a new home near Canyon Lake two years ago, he knew his client had moved to Texas from the Northeast. So his plan called for plants and ...