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Top 10 Plants You Can't Kill

Tough as nails, but they're pretty, too. Turn your black thumb into a green thumb with our picks for the top 10 plants you can't kill.

16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

These 16 invasive species of plants are commonly sold at garden centers - beware of them and DO NOT buy them from your garden store!

3 Reasons Why We Need Artificial Grass for Playgrounds

Fall injuries, scrapes, and cuts are not a typical picture of having fun. When it comes to our childrens safety, we always want to remove challenges as much as we can. Pain is an inevitable part of life, but suffering is optional. You cant control the weather, but you can save a few scraped knees. You cant stop kids from being impulsive, but you can give them a soft place to fall.

Column: Where the wild grass grows

Nature takes over creating wild and beautiful things. Follow Forrest as he describes why nature knows best.

How To Divide Perennial Plants In The South

This article provides general tips for how and when to divide many perennial plants in the South

10 Tips on How to Water Your Container Gardens

Proper watering plants growing in containers is trickier than you think—learn about the right potting soil, the right containers to use, and the right technique.

Why is It Important To Use Mulch In Landscapes and gardens?

Mulch will help your garden become healthier and resistant to diseases. Mulch helps protect the soil from the sun which helps prevent evaporation of water.

Biophilic Design is Defined

Biophilic Design is defined through this graphic, made by a colloborative effort between NewPro Containers and Green Plants for Green Buildings.

Will Flat Design Ever Die?

Is Flat Design Actually Awful?

Flat design currently dominates the tech industry, especially on mobile platforms such as iOS and Android. But is flat design really effective for users?

The ultimate guide to flat design

It is easy to say that 2013 has so far been the year of flat design. Even Apple, the driver of the skeuomorphic design trend for many years, is trying some level of flat design when it releases iOS 7 later this year. So are you ready to try it out as well? Not sure how to get started? WebdesignerDepot is here to help with a guide of flat design resources. We've put together a giant list of everything flat design, from free…

5 Common misconceptions about Material Design

Google's Material Design took over the web design world. Google implemented Material Design in most of its online products to some extent and thousands of designers around the globe followed this tren

Distilling 5 Incredible Material Design Concepts

The Reasoning Behind Biophilic Remodeling

The Design Build Remodeling Group of Maryland, one of the leading new addition contractors in the area, discusses biophilic home design.

Delicious by Design on The Design Network |

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! This weekend was great, and we also have a little news to share! Yesterday I posted on our blog Facebook page, that Christy is in a design video for The Design Network. For those of you who have never heard of The Design Network, it’s a new …

Algorithm-Driven Design: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Design

Yury Vetrov explains what artificial intelligence and algorithm-driven design are, and elaborates on how they're changing design as well as the future.

Can design change the world? Design Week Portland: Part 1

Design Week Portland is not simply a design festival. In its four years, the organization has understood its importance in not only furthering the design conversation, but how the industry and, by extension, the people and thinking can impart meaningful change.