The Easiest Best Garden Plants in the Midwest

2020-04-29T17:50:24-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY landscaping, Low Maintenance Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

Get your easy plant today

Do you want a plant you can get NOW from the nursery

and have it in the ground TODAY?

This super simple short list gives you three super easy plants to add beauty to your landscape today!

These are three low maintenance plants that have proven success in nearly ALL of the United States.

They are each beautiful in their own way and provide you with three different options for […]

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The Best Ohio Low Maintenance Trees and Shrubs

2020-08-04T11:53:40-04:00By Ben Hale|Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

If you live in or close to Ohio, this article is a must read for your tree planting ideas.

Get the expert opinion of low maintenance landscape designers from across Ohio on the top low maintenance trees they use in their designs for front yard landscaping.

Below is a list of easy landscape trees for Ohio, followed by the contact information of these designers .

If you’re looking for front yard design ideas to create a beautiful […]

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The Best Ohio Low Maintenance Grasses and Groundcovers

2020-08-04T11:51:24-04:00By Ben Hale|Ecological Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

If you live in or close to Ohio, this article is a must read for your landscape ideas on ornamental grasses and groundcovers.

Get the expert opinion of low maintenance landscape designers from across Ohio on the top low maintenance ornamental grasses and groundcovers they use in their designs for front yard landscaping.

Below is a list of easy ornamental grasses and groundcovers for Ohio, followed by the contact information of these designers .

If you’re looking […]

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The Easiest Plants for the Eastern US

2020-04-29T17:54:08-04:00By Ben Hale|Ecological Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping|

If you live in the eastern United States, this article is a must read for your landscape ideas.

Get the expert opinion of low maintenance landscape designers from across Ohio on the top low maintenance plants they use in their designs for front yard landscaping. Many of these are beautiful native plants that you probably never knew would look great in your garden!

Below is a list of easy perennial plants for the eastern United States, followed […]

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Five Super Cool Ideas for your Rain Garden

2021-05-19T12:24:52-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, Drought Resistant Landscaping, Easy Landscaping Ideas|

Look, I’m going to cut to the chase. No beating around the bush. Because I know you’re cool and you would do the same for me.

So here it is.

All the cool kids are doing it. So you should too.

You need to get yourself a RAIN GARDEN in your yard. Stat.

No idea what we’re talking about? That’s cool too.

Rain gardens are simply a planned retention and infiltration area for runoff.

That’s it. Everything else is details.

What can […]

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Sustainability: A No-brainer for your Landscape

2018-02-22T11:38:39-05:00By Ben Hale|Ecological Landscaping|

Let’s do a test. I want you to read the next few phrases and notice your reaction.

Global warming.

Save the trees.

Mother Earth.

Sustainability.

Is your head ready to explode?

Well you’re not alone. A lot of people get turned off by the polarization that occurs with issues regarding the care of our planet.

Regardless of your feelings regarding such issues, there should be […]

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Five Shrubs That Look as Good as They Taste

2020-04-29T17:54:40-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, Ecological Landscaping, Edible Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping, Permaculture|

Five Shrubs That Look as Good as They Taste

The word ‘shrub’ is rather interesting. It kinda reminds me of other words ending in ‘b,’ like glib, drab, blob, flab. Fairly plain on its own, the word seems to slough its way across the lips and falter to the floor as it leaves the mouth.

Despite any odd word physics, shrubs themselves can be very plain, unassuming plants while others bring amazing beauty to a landscape. Here […]

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5 Trees That Look So Good You’ll Eat Them

2020-04-29T17:54:58-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, Ecological Landscaping, Edible Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping, Organic Landscaping, Permaculture|

Edible Attractive Trees for Your Landscape

Man, I love me some pie. That’s right. Apple pie, banana pie, cherry pie, lemon merengue pie, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, you name it.

Yeah, so what gives?

As it turns out, most pies are made from some edible plant. And most of them come from a tree fruit.

Who doesn’t love edibles? Go to a supermarket and look for the space that seems most ‘alive.’ Odds are, you’ll end up in the […]

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Bring Back that Wild Space!

2025-08-09T14:00:19-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, Ecological Landscaping, Low Maintenance Landscaping, Low Maintenance Plants, Native Landscaping, Organic Landscaping|

Add a wild space to your landscape, and learn how to murder your lawn

Back when I was a kid, I used to go to ‘Nature Camp’ at the local park every summer. I would come home every day with some creation, be it a bowl made from creek clay or some woodland creature made from bark and leaves. There, we also would get covered in burrs traipsing around the wild meadow trying to catch butterflies […]

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Stormwater Management in the Suburbs

2025-08-09T14:00:29-04:00By Ben Hale|DIY Landscape Design, Drought Resistant Landscaping, Ecological Landscaping|

What to do with stormwater in your landscape and the greater landscape

So I have an infomercial question for you today.

Do you want to cut your water bill and usage by 50%? Stick around and I’ll show you the no-brainer solution! But wait, there’s more! You’ll get several other bonus tips at no additional fee!

Just ten easy payments….

I’ll stick to blogging.

With all this talk on stormwater, I have broken stormwater management into segments based on geographical […]

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