There's no time like midwinter to start planning the changes you'd like to make to…
Home OutsideJanuary 10, 2020
By Julie Moir Messervy. Photos by Grey Crawford from Outside the Not So Big House…
Home OutsideMay 14, 2019
This time of year, it’s wonderful to bring holiday lights and greenery into the house…
Home OutsideDecember 17, 2018
The season of holiday entertaining and visiting is now underway, and nothing makes your home…
Home OutsideNovember 21, 2018
There's a nasty little fact of city life that no one wants to talk about,…
Home OutsideOctober 24, 2018
Xeriscaping (from the Greek word xeros, meaning 'dry') means landscaping so that little or no…
Home OutsideOctober 19, 2018
Some people call it the "hellstrip": that narrow patch of space between the sidewalk and…
Home OutsideOctober 16, 2018
Photo from Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love by Julie Moir Messervy (Taunton Press, 2009). Photo by…
Home OutsideAugust 28, 2018
The Inspiration A well-designed screened porch can serve as protected outdoor dining, living, and play…
Home OutsideAugust 27, 2018
There is a freedom that comes from showering in the out-of-doors. For those lucky enough…
Home OutsideJuly 12, 2018
Maybe you don't need a whole property plan—perhaps you just want to get a landscape…
Home OutsideApril 20, 2018
Used correctly, stones can act as both focal point and backbone of any landscape. They…
Home OutsideMarch 26, 2018
As winter winds down, we could all use a little garden inspiration. How about 200+…
Home OutsideMarch 9, 2018
By Julie Moir Messervy, Founder & President of Home Outside Wherever I go, I see…
Home OutsideMarch 7, 2018
Lunaform, located on the coast of Maine, makes all-weather garden containers, planters, fountains, and birdbaths.…
Home OutsideFebruary 16, 2018
There are many good reasons that the ‘Spilled Wine’ Weigela was named the Landscape Plant of…
Home OutsideJanuary 26, 2018
This Vermont garden designed by JMMDS (the landscape design firm that owns Home Outside) features…
Home OutsideJanuary 16, 2018
In our Vermont studio, it’s 35°F out today and SUNNY! It practically feels like summer…
Home OutsideJanuary 9, 2018
Do you ever feel envious of picture-perfect garden-porn landscapes that few of us can afford…
Home OutsideSeptember 5, 2017
From time immemorial, fire has been a vital part of our outdoor landscapes. Originally used…
Home OutsideAugust 30, 2017
Oh, the siren call of nurseries and garden centers in spring! It is so tempting…
Home OutsideMay 1, 2017
The Home Outside online design service isn’t just for small properties. These rural Vermont clients had a…
Home OutsideMarch 10, 2017
Create a Floating Effect in the Landscape In this backyard landscape, each material – metal,…
Home OutsideNovember 18, 2016
Fall is when grasses really shine. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’) and firetail mountain fleece (Persicaria…
Home OutsideSeptember 10, 2016
When placing a seat or bench in your landscape, “Create a sense of security around…
Home OutsideSeptember 1, 2016
Our Home Outside designers are often asked for recommendations for path materials. The options can be overwhelming,…
Home OutsideJune 24, 2016
At the heart of this open-air room is a beloved crabapple tree, visible from the…
Home OutsideJune 13, 2016
We turned an unused side yard into an outdoor “fire garden” for a couple that…
Home OutsideApril 15, 2016
The work of JMMDS, the landscape architecture and design team behind the Home Outside online landscape design service,…
Home OutsideJanuary 21, 2016
With only the hardiest kale and parsley growing in our vegetable gardens in November, our…
Home OutsideNovember 30, 2015
With our Home Outside service, JMMDS can create landscape plans for people who live far from our Vermont studio.…
Home OutsideOctober 17, 2015
Many of us are lucky to live where natural stone is plentiful. Whether flat or…
Home OutsideAugust 27, 2015
In “Try Rock Gardens to Soften the Look of Drought-Friendly Yards,” reporter Suzanne Sproul describes how…
Home OutsideJune 30, 2015
Trees provide a sense of formality as in this allée of hornbeams (Carpinus fastigiata). Their graceful…
Home OutsideJune 8, 2015
L: WINTER OBSERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL TO GOOD LANDSCAPE PLANNING: YOU CAN MAKE NOTE OF THE…
Home OutsideJanuary 16, 2015
One of our garden favorites is stealing the spotlight right now. Anemone tomentosa“Robustissima” has cool, silvery pink…
Home OutsideSeptember 5, 2014
A well-designed screened porch can serve as protected outdoor dining, living, and play space, or…
Home OutsideApril 25, 2014
The images above show the progression of a suburban landscape from bare mulch to lush…
Home OutsideNovember 11, 2013
