Schmechtig Sponsors The Infant Welfare Society of Chicago – 2013 Lake Forest Showcase House & Gardens

Consistently ranked among the top ten showcase houses in the country, the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago opens...

24 April, 2013

Define Your Garden – Planted Borders

Frank Organ – Houzz Contributor wrote: Why make things hard for your garden's edges? Embrace a softer...

22 April, 2013

Talking About Landscape Design: Starting with a Patio Space

As the main outdoor living space for this classic North Shore home in Illinois, the bluestone patio and...

19 April, 2013

Staircase Garden

Schmechtig Landscapes invites you to view our Staircase Garden at the Infant Welfare Society 2013 Lake Forest Showhouse...

18 April, 2013

Garden Paths – for your strolling pleasure

Going from one place to another requires a path, a plan. Why not make the paths around your...

17 April, 2013

Water Features in Your Landscape Design

Water features can easily be added to an existing garden whether your landscape is formal or...

16 April, 2013

Front Yard Landscape Design

All too often the front yard is landscaped with the common-place monotone foundation shrubs, which have been sheared...

15 April, 2013

Plant Bed Ideas

Houzz.com is a wonderful site to gather inspiration and ideas.  We have many projects loaded to our section on...

12 April, 2013

Think Grasses

When you think grasses think ornamental.  Ornamental grasses can be used as fillers or borders and as ground covers including screens. ...

11 April, 2013

Landscaping trends of 2013

The following is from an article which ran in the SunTimes Speical Section on landscape archtitecture trends for...

10 April, 2013