Design

About Landscaping
Information for homeowners on hardscape and softscape elements in landscape design. Includes a chat room and forum.
http://landscaping.about.com

Basic Principles of Landscape Design
Essay explaining how to combine elements of art and science to create a functional, aesthetic landscape.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/scripts/htmlgen.exe?DOCUMENT_MG086

Better Homes and Gardens: Garden Design
A collection of articles on creating gardens, mostly taking the form of short tips and tricks.
http://www.bhg.com/home/Garden-Design.html

Conway School of Landscape Design
Massachusetts based graduate program of environmentally sound site design and land use planning.
http://www.csld.edu/

The Home Landscaper
A how-to website geared mainly toward landscaping beginners. Also features a large sprinkler installation and repair section.
http://www.thehomelandscaper.com

IPM-Based Landscape Design
Discusses specific design and construction practices to help minimize the reliance on pesticides.
http://www.efn.org/~ipmpa/des-cnsd.html

Landscape Design School
Home study course to help prepare the student for a career as a professional landscape designer.
http://www.landscape-designer.co.nz

LEAFappeal
A photo gallery website containing many different types of landscapes useful for landscaping ideas.
http://www.leafappeal.com/

Plants of Horticulture
Photos and text describing over 600 ornamental plants. A database from Ohio State University.
http://plantfacts.osu.edu/

Suite101: Landscape Design
Ongoing series of articles on a variety of home landscaping topics, from plant choice and designing around problems to tours of gardens around the world.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/designing_home_landscapes/

Sustainable Urban Landscape
Using the criteria of sustainability to develop landscapes to conserve resources, restrict chemical use and reduce labor inputs.
http://www.sustland.umn.edu/index.html

The Wise Gardener
Tropical gardening site originating in South Florida combining humor with information on palms, cacti and succulents; cooking with herbs and spices and garden decorating tips.
http://www.thewisegardener.com/

Wise Water-Use Landscape
Planning and designing an attractive, useful, and water efficient landscape.
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/ag508_2.html