The best way to achieve a beautiful and nearly maintenance-free and yard is to garden with plants native to our region. We're lucky to have a wide variety of native plants to choose from in Indianapolis. When we think of native plants, we often think of the wild natural landscapes. While you can certainly embrace the wild and natural look in your yard, native plants can also fit just as well into a perfectly manicured landscape.
Read MoreLandscaping your yard can be pretty intimidating for a variety of reasons. It seems like lots of the common landscaping jobs we think about are big undertakings that require lots of money, manpower, and skill. But that’s not always the case. There are plenty of little landscaping jobs that anyone can tackle that will have a huge impact on the overall curb appeal and potential value of your home and yard. Here are 5 of our favorite easy-to-DIY landscape upgrades in Indianapolis.
Read MoreIf you’ve been keeping well-stocked bird feeders, your yard is probably popular with the neighborhood squirrel population, too. Tree squirrels are pretty common in Indiana. We have 4 main species: gray, red, fox, and southern flying squirrels. We mostly tend to see fox squirrels and gray squirrels in Indianapolis. In an urban setting, squirrels are mostly viewed as a pest because they like to get into our attics and build nests. But since there’s no way to keep your yard squirrel free, especially if you’re providing food for the birds, you might save yourself a lot of frustration by learning to live with them.
Read MoreCheck out these ways to make sure that your landscape is the hot spot for all of the local beneficial pollinators.
Read MoreLife can get a little hectic. Some days we don’t feel like we can put in our all, so we let a couple things slide. Your garden should be able to withstand those days, and if you incorporate some of the hardier Midwestern plants, you won’t have to worry so much about keeping them fed and maintained. These plants can handle themselves.
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