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We just finished building a earth-sheltered home. Earth-sheltered home are homes built into the side of a south facing hillside. I plan on doing the landscaping myself to save money. So I need to do some looking into basic landscaping design. I've done the landscaping with my other homes that have had grass and few trees before, but never any thing from scratch. I do have big equipment experience. So that is not a problem for me.

I guess the equipment you use will depend on the plans you decide on and the terrain of the property. I personally would use the internet for information on landscaping and ideas.
You have a plethora of options available
HGTV
DIY Network
Bob Villa Home Again
This Old House
and last but not least Lowes click and drag.
Use Lowe's Landscape and Garden Planner to help build the yard of your dreams. With our design tool, garden and landscape planning are as easy as clicking and dragging
Just sign up and click enter .
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=pg &p=Down_to_Earth/GardenPlanner/garde nplansplash.html

2008-09-25 14:15:46 by fishbarn

mikesbackyardnursery.com -- Landscape design tips to help you transform your boring yard into a beautifully designed work of art!

I want to be a landscaper and design landscaping layouts and then do the work as well. What sort of degree do I need and how long will it take?

I'm a landscape designer, but I got all of my training for free, because the high school I went to provided that as an option for a class. But here is the school I'm going to for interior design, this is a real school and accredited.

http://pennfoster.com/landscaper/index.h tml

2009-04-17 20:18:42 by Haydyn Lyn

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Can anyone recommend a website that I can use to design my own landscaping ideas? I'm looking for something free and if possible, something I don't have to download. Just looking for a website where I can try some things to see how they look. I'm not creative enough to just look at my lawn & see in my mind what it will look like. :( HELP!

Something along these lines?

Good luck

2009-03-05 06:05:09 by icy_tempest

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My husband and I have been in our house for 2 1/2 yrs, and still haven't worked on the landscaping. Being our first home, I don't have much experience w/ designing lndscp. Any ideas?

Hi, there's a lot of interactive programs you can download for free. If you search online, look for one called realtime landscaping. You download it, you can even take a picture of your own house and pick your plants, trees etc. Some will even let you "walk through the yard" and "see" what it looks like.

2007-02-19 12:15:37 by Hawkeye4077

Anyone have any ideas what i can do to outline it? And what are some nice and not cheap and not expensive shrubs I can put around the house?

If you are planning a shaped bed, it's very simple to outline it with your garden hose. However, there is spray paint that can be used for marking the area and can usually be purchased at hardware stores. It's the same paint used by Dept. of Transportation and municipalities for marking roadside areas or construction areas. Surveyors also use it.

I don't know your location but here are some fairly hardy shrubs that can be trimmed nicely. Ixora, plumbago, Indian Hawthorne, Ilex, juniper, boxwood, arbecola shefflera and ligustrum, to name a few.

2008-05-04 19:33:06 by cshasemann