Some of Chicagoland’s most spectacular and elegant landscapes are sprinkled throughout the North Shore, and on July 13, more than 100 people in the green industry — landscape architects, contractors, designers, stone masons, turf specialists and other pros — toured five such sites as part of the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association’s (ILCA) design education tour. […]
Rocco Fiore & Sons is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2017. For 70 years, the respected landscaping company has delivered the industry’s best “quality, service and value.” The company began in 1938 when Rocco Fiore Sr. came to America to work for his uncle at the family nursery. In 1947, he established Rocco Fiore & […]
Did you know fashion is the second-most-polluting industry in the world? Growing cotton requires large quantities of water and dying can involve dangerous chemicals that produce toxic waste runoff. When it comes to clothes, we want to support the environment, but who has time to research where everything we buy comes from? Well, we’ve done […]
Just when the weather breaks and you’re finally able to enjoy the outdoors, that familiar, aggravating hum arrives. You can’t see them, but they’re there, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. You slap your ear, swat the air and ultimately let those pesky mosquitoes drive you back to the safety of the great indoors, the very place you […]
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Gardening is a relaxing and enjoyable source of creativity, but for millions of people with arthritis and other physical limitations, it’s hardly pain-free. With a combination of educated tool choices, good body mechanics and “Why didn’t I think of that?” tweaks, you won’t have to hang up the trowel. Tools The Consumer Product Safety Commission […]
California’s crippling five-year drought may finally be over for now, but it made national headlines and reminded us how important water conservation is not only globally, but also at the individual level. With water currently being consumed at an unsustainable rate, consumers, appliance manufacturers and governments are looking to technology for solutions that save water without compromising performance. […]
Landscape water features can run the gamut from decorative features such as pools, ponds and waterfalls to the more utilitarian like timed sprinkler systems and rain water collection. Whether you’re looking to add a new and delightful layer of sight and sound from the trickle of a fountain or just want to waste less water […]
Enter for a chance to win a $500 Pasquesi Home and Gardens Shopping Spree with garden expert Melinda Myers as your guide. Melinda Myers is a nationally known gardening expert, TV/radio host, author and columnist with more than 30 years of horticultural experience. She has written more than 20 gardening books, such as “Midwest Gardener’s […]
It’s Monday morning and the neighbor’s landscaping crew is at it. Again. The imposing whir of mowers and blowers penetrate the air until finally, it stops. Bird song returns but clouds roll in. Just as the downpour begins, another neighbor’s sprinkler system announces its morning cycle with a sputtering shush. Water runoff gushes toward the […]
