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Create Brilliance with Balloon Flowers Copy

Try Balloon Flower in your yard using iScape, an easy perennial that brings a touch of fun to the home landscape.

Plant Spotlight

May 12, 2025

8 Drought-Tolerant Landscaping Tips

Take a look at the best drought-tolerant landscaping tips and enjoy a beautiful garden all year round.

May 5, 2025

Guide to Composting

Compost is one of the best ways to add magical microbes and healthy nutrients to your gardens and landscaping. Soil that is rich with natural ingredients and a positive microbial activity is the secret to a strong and healthy garden.

April 28, 2025

Landscaping That's Eye-Catching

This view of the iScape digital design demonstrates how different a home can look before and after a landscape installation. For more ideas on improving curb appeal, review our list here:

Design Inspiration

April 21, 2025

Corporate Housing Design in 10 Ways

Here are ten simple ways that you can spruce up the landscaping of your corporate housing. Keep these ideas in mind as you get started on your own project!

Design Inspiration

April 14, 2025

Pastel Brightening in Your Yard

Feel the pastels come to life in your home landscaping!

Design Inspiration

April 7, 2025

Softening Brick: Home Makeover Edition

Brick homes can look stark and imposing because of the large mass of brick that is seen in front of the home. In order to improve curb appeal for the front of a brick home, it is necessary to soften the harsh lines.

Design Inspiration

March 31, 2025

Dream Life with iScape

Creating your perfect landscape doesn’t happen overnight, which is why it’s okay to take baby steps toward the final product. And with iScape, it’s easy to take that first step of designing!

Design Inspiration

March 24, 2025

Rental Home Gardening

Check out the following tips to show you that renting shouldn’t stop you from creating a beautiful yard and garden that’s unique to you.

March 17, 2025

Outdoor Kitchen and Dining Area: Tips and Tricks

If you’re interested in creating an outdoor kitchen and dining area, the tips below can help you get off to a solid start.

Design Inspiration

March 10, 2025

Outdoor Design With iScape

Remember this beautiful design from Kristy’s Maine Farmhouse? Well now, after designing and planning out her outdoor space with iScape, the final installation is here and it’s beautiful!

March 3, 2025

Great Garden Resolutions

This is the year for a Landscaping New Year’s Resolution! Here are a few resolutions to get you started.

February 24, 2025

Side Yard Ideas

Side yards typically feature a very narrow strip of land from the front to the back. Most people see this strip as a completely wasted space, yet an attractive side yard can be gloriously beautiful and add to the value of a home.

Design Inspiration

February 17, 2025

Sloped Lawn Makeover with Retaining Wall

When rebuilding a landscape that has a slightly sloped lawn area, there are few solutions that work as well as creating low retaining walls. Check out this retaining wall makeover for a sloped lawn.

Design Inspiration

February 10, 2025

House Exterior Fun: iScape Edition

Make your work week a little more enjoyable by designing in iScape with our many different offerings and features!

Design Inspiration

February 3, 2025

Simple Outdoor Living

Outdoor living doesn’t have to be complicated. Join us in transforming the definition of outdoor design and make ‘simple’ simpler. Only at iScape.

Design Inspiration

January 27, 2025

Placing a Tree in the Landscape

What starts as a small tree grows into a giant monolith in the landscape, which makes placing a tree in its permanent spot so very important. Read more on how to pick the right spot for it.

January 20, 2025

An iScape Transformation: Backyard Edition

With the modern and easy-to-use iScape app, it is much quicker to build a smart design layout, which is instantaneously visual to the homeowner, making it simple to interpret and understand.

Design Inspiration

December 16, 2024

Old Foundation Plantings: How to Replace with iScape

Using foundation plants can soften the square lines of a building, improve curb appeal, increase home safety, and enhance a truly welcoming feeling for the front of a house. Enhance your outdoor space today!

Design Inspiration

December 9, 2024

Hacks For Your Winter Yard This Season

Get ahead now so spring is a breeze

December 2, 2024

Designing Your Sloped Landscape Area

Homeowners often struggle to design a yard or garden if there is a hill or slope. With iScape, you can easily design and show two very different looks for the client’s sloped space.

Design Inspiration

November 25, 2024

Designing a Fireplace in Your Outdoor Space

Pre-building a design without understanding what it might look like in the end can create costly mistakes. That’s why you should download iScape to set your vision right.

Design Inspiration

November 18, 2024

Dappled Willow: Plant Spotlight

Dappled Willow is a spectacularly colored cultivar and can be found in the iScape database as a deciduous shrub that is a standout in the landscape for its vibrant color changing leaves.

Plant Spotlight

November 11, 2024

Curb Appeal Makeover: Thanksgiving Edition

Check out this view of an iScape digital design that demonstrates how different a home can look before and after a landscape installation.

Design Inspiration

November 4, 2024

Beautiful Landscape Design Tips You Should Know

Here are the top 5 ideas that one can use to construct amazing landscape designs.

October 28, 2024

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