Fences make good neighbors and so do hedges ... as long as they are done well. Hedges are the workhorses of the suburban garden. They define space. As superstars of the backdrop, they set the mood and ...

A full hedge of blooming hydrangeas makes a showstopping addition to your home or property, and you don't have to buy dozens of plants to create it. Instead, all you need is just one plant that grows ...

If you are considering planting a hedge, now is a great time to get it done. This allows the shrubs to take advantage of the less-stressful conditions during the cool season to get established in the ...

A lot of pruning just doesn’t fit a busy modern life style. Consider the time you spend pruning hedges. It may be hours or even a day every month or two spring through fall. Certainly there are other ...

Benjamin Franklin famously advised, "Love your neighbor, yet don’t pull down your hedge." Unfortunately, hedges have generally been pulled down to make way for fences and walls; hard barriers that are ...

I have deer fencing on one side of my property, which I put in seven years ago. My plan was always to plant a hedge, too, but I never got to it. I would have had a nicely established hedge by now, my ...

Planting hedgerows increases soil carbon storage by almost half compared to nearby grassland—no matter where they are in the ...

A countryside charity is calling for people to help it plant hedgerows as part of a project aiming to care for the rural environment. CPRE Shropshire is now in the fifth year of its Hedgerow Heroes ...