Whether your swimming pool is brand-new or a few years (or even decades) old, it is a prime spot for a surrounding garden filled with beautiful trees, shrubs, and flowers. In your swimming pool design ...

OUTDOOR living spaces are a gardening trend. But on a sweltering summer day in Houston, living is certainly easier if that space includes a swimming pool. Landscaping around the pool not only can ...

Landscaping around an outdoor swimming pool requires no-muss, no-fuss plant selections. Poolside landscaping is a bit more demanding than the usual. Container plants can be moved to follow the sun ...

Your pool is a backyard feature in and of itself, but you can still dress it up a bit to make it really sparkle. Creative and intentional pool landscaping instantly transforms this area from a simple ...

How do you make a pool -- an inherently plain structure -- gorgeous? We sought tips from Waters, landscape architect Eric Brubeck for Schill Landscaping in Sheffield village, and Steve Moore, ...

A swimming pool, lagoon, and woodland landscape have been faithfully revived with the aid of historical documents at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House just outside of Detroit. (Courtesy Ford House) A ...

Learning more about the characteristics, pros, and cons of each pool type can help you decide which one is right for your ...

Landscaping around an outdoor swimming pool requires no-muss, no-fuss plant selections. The pool can be a flowery focal point, but don’t open it to litter from leaves and limbs. “Both in- and ...