Gardening
3 Steps to a Great Spring Lawn
Kick off your springtime gardening with these easy tips for a lush-looking lawn.
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Contrasting Color
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Reap some wonderful landscape rewards with a little lawn.
Red brick or black stone borders around your lawn create a contrast of color that breaks up the monotony of green. Replicating the brick or stone of a house's foundation in the landscape will pull the eye from the curb to the front door, while repeating the straight lines of a front porch or the curved lines of an archway will create a pleasing effect.
In the lawn at left, combining flat stone pavers with turf creates a formal but functional entrance.
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