About this time every year as we anticipate warm weather and outdoor living, privacy in our backyards comes under scrutiny. And once again we long for an 8-foot screen to shield a neighbor or some ...

Bamboo is well known for spreading aggressively once planted in the garden. It is the main reason people give for not growing bamboo. What if you could move your bamboo screen whenever you wish ...

Q: Our landscape architect wants us to plant timber bamboo as a screen along one side of our house. It would look beautiful, but I am concerned about the bamboo damaging the foundation of the house.

Could I convince someone to NOT plant bamboo? Though it grows fast, is somewhat attractive, and provides a thick privacy border, it will take over quicker than one can keep up with it. And once we ...

The family home is located on a tight and long narrow plot bordered on three sides by houses with shared walls — the only free opening is towards the street. In order to bring more daylight and fresh ...

Q: I want to plant bamboo along my fence to add some privacy to my backyard. When is the best time to plant bamboo?Michael Whitsell, Henry County A: The best time to plant a bamboo screen is never.

THE OUTDOOR space of 29 Gray Street (see page 4) is less a yard and more an atmospheric oasis in the middle of the city. Designed by the owners and executed by Dave Heffernan of Deck Additions ...

Plus, five easy and purse-friendly ways to update your garden AS the weather is finally warming up, many green-fingered Brits are working on their gardens to get them summer-ready. Luckily, if you’re ...

As I type I am momentarily distracted by a Chinese man outside my window. Normally this would not seem out of the ordinary but I live 37 floors up in an apartment in Hong Kong. The building is being ...