When towns experience a drought or other water shortage, watering lawns is often one of the first limitations placed on residents. Unfortunately, this limitation, combined with the image of impossibly green golf courses with arched plumes of water spraying into the air, has helped unfairly malign sprinkler systems as a needless waste of water...

Whether you're outdoorsy or occasionally venture outside, the facts are that spending time outside demonstrably improves health and quality of life. In fact, science has shown that it reduces the risk of cancer, improves mental health, and even increases life expectancy. But not everyone has time for mountain climbing...

In life, we often have to make choices between easy and hard. In some areas, those choices are inconsequential – such as how you like your eggs cooked or the mode you play a video game. Often, however, the choice does matter in your daily lives. Sometimes the hard way is more challenging because it’s more thorough, and sometimes it’s harder because it’s wrong. How do you know? You can discover the difference with professional landscape help and excellent hardscape design and “soft” landscaping with your Lakeway yard. Neither choice is right or wrong, but often they go well together. Here are some of the options to add pieces of hardscape to your home.

In February, love is in the air, and love becomes associated with flowers somewhere along the line. Here's a fun fact for you: did you know that florists do 25 % of their annual business on February 14 every year? A quarter of a year's money in one day! We're not here to rain on the cut flowers parade, but how about getting some flowers that last a little longer...

Unless you're a landscaping pro like we are at Southern Love, your yard is probably not the first thing you think about when you get up in the morning or your #1 priority throughout the day. But that doesn't mean it doesn't matter to you or that you won't be upset if you lose a plant you love...

We're three weeks into January, and while some of the resolutions may be going strong, the sun's rays are at a lull. In North Austin's homes, we don't have to deal with the extreme temperature that a lot of the county does in winter, but we also probably aren't having any barbeques or pool parties. But don't let the January lows prevent you from spending time outdoors...

Last week we christened our weekly blog with an inaugural feature focused on the principal element of landscaping in your yard. Of course, they include both items you grow, like trees and flowers, and manufactured parts like hardscaping, but one thing was neither and may have surprised you, and that was mulch...

What could be more exciting than a new year? How about a new yard? And just like your year, though your yard is not all in your control, much depends on the time and energy you put into it...