With innovative hillside landscape ideas, such as terraced beds and low-maintenance plants, you can make the most of a sloped ...

For nearly half a century, Marion Blake had one wish: to see the Rock Garden she’s cared for since 1980 receive the recognition it deserves. This Christmas, her wish finally came true.

Rock gardens have been cultivated for centuries, reports Gardening Contributor Georgia Raimondi for The Saturday Early Show. The Chinese designed rock gardens more than 2,000 years ago. For centuries, ...

“IT HAS ONE of the prettiest views in West Seattle, but it’s SO steep,” says Gary Necci of the nearly vertical garden he has built and planted on his hillside. He has carried every plant and shovelful ...

When you think of landscaping ideas to make your yard look its best, flowering trees, perennials, and clean garden edging may immediately come to mind. While these elements can do wonders for your ...

Sunnyslope hasn’t changed much over the years. Aside from the expansion of John C. Lincoln Hospital (which caused the destruction of a few strip malls and the old Brookshires Restaurant), everything’s ...

The Sunnyslope Rock Garden, an imaginative folk-art display made of rock, pottery shards, colorful chipped glass and concrete, was designated historic by Phoenix City Council on Wednesday. The rock ...

PHOENIX — For nearly half a century, Marion Blake had one wish: to see the Rock Garden she’s cared for since 1980 receive the recognition it deserves. This Christmas, her wish finally came true. “I’ve ...

Garden renovation projects might include mounds to add visual interest in an otherwise flat terrain and to provide drainage and other benefits of raised beds. A particular form of the garden mound is ...

SUNNYSLOPE, AZ — The Sunnyslope community is rallying together to protect a site they say is the heart of their community: their cherished rock garden. The garden near Cave Creek Road and Cheryl Drive ...

YONKERS - A rock garden at Untermyer Gardens lost for decades to overgrowth will begin reconstruction in October. Stephen Byrns, chairman of the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, found photos of the rock ...

Slopes change a gardener's perspective. No flat lawns and meandering paths, but inclines and declines on which it can be difficult to stand, dig or weed and where plant choices seem more precarious.