Brent & Becky's Blog — landscape

Find the harmonies of your flowers with this overture on color echo!

Step into a backyard “enchanted forest” with these ideas for creating a woodland garden.

Find solace in your backyard by creating a private garden nook.

  We live in fast-paced times, and folks seem to be getting busier and busier every year. Careers, kids, grandkids, and arm-length to-do lists seem to be chipping away slowly into our free time, and for some people, managing a traditional garden just isn’t in the cards. Fortunately, you don’t have to have a heap of spare time to keep a beautiful, elegant rock garden.   About Rock Gardens Rock gardens have become more popular in recent years, and they’re a lovely way to use yard space. Depending on the kinds of rock used, you can create a tidy-looking space...

Garden-Trekking with Brent By: Brent Heath, Co-owner, Brent & Becky’s   Well, I am in heaven today. I’m here at a Perennial Plant Association meeting, and this is probably the greatest gathering in the world of plant-oriented people. I’m sitting next to the most amazing plant breeder from Walter’s Gardens, my seat-mate is the Director of Better Homes and Gardens’ display garden in Des Moines, and across from me is a wonderful gardener from Chanticleer—one of America’s best pleasure gardens, in my opinion. And that’s just to name a few! We have park directors, designers, and producers from all over the...