Retaining Walls for Landscapes
Retaining walls play a crucial role in both the functionality and beauty of your landscape, especially in areas with challenging topography. Whether you’re dealing with a steep slope, preventing soil erosion, or looking to create more usable space, a well-designed retaining wall can transform your outdoor area into a stable and visually appealing environment.
Patio Trends for Entertaining this Fall
As the days grow cooler and the nights crisp, you might find yourself thinking about adding a patio to your outdoor space. Whether you have a sprawling lawn or just a small area outside your back door, now is the perfect time to consider creating an outdoor...
5 Fall Project Ideas to Cozy Up Your Backyard
As the first hints of cooler weather start to make their way into Middle Tennessee, it’s the perfect time to plan ahead and transform your backyard into a cozy retreat for the upcoming fall season. With the long summer days beginning to wane, now is the ideal moment to start updating your outdoor space with features that will embrace the coming season’s charm. Here are five fall project ideas to help you create a warm, inviting outdoor space that’s perfect for gatherings, relaxation, and enjoying the beauty of fall.
Beautiful Patio Ideas for Spaces of All Sizes
As spring rolls into summer, your patio comes into the limelight. It can be a place to hang out with friends and family, or it can become a quiet getaway in an outdoor setting, the central point of your private backyard oasis. “It can be your own personal escape,”...
Project Spotlight: A Big Yard in Need of a Big Update
Occasionally, a homeowner with a big yard presents a landscape designer with an existing canvas and envisions its full potential through a revitalizing transformation. The property might boast a well-rooted landscape that needs to be updated! In this case, the...
Project Spotlight: Pool + Privacy in a Backyard Oasis
Landscaping around a home on a small lot with close-by neighbors can be a challenge. With special features on the wish list, there is an extra layer of coordination, and that was the case with this home in the WestHaven community in Franklin. We talked with Gardens...
Project Spotlight: Achieving the Vision
Sometimes a homeowner gives a landscape designer a blank canvas and directs them to fill it to its best potential. Other times, the homeowner/gardener has a specific request – an idea, a look, a few must-have features -- and calls on a designer to bring it to...
Project Spotlight: Your Dreams are Never too Big
While smaller outdoor spaces may require less maintenance, these yards can also require more creativity when it comes to maximizing the design and accommodating all your desired outdoor amenities.
Irrigation: The Secret to a Lush Landscape & Lawn
Gardens of Babylon can help with all your irrigation needs - CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CONSULTATION. A landscape needs three things to thrive: ample sunlight, fertile soil, and sufficient water to keep turfgrass and garden plants alive. For many homeowners, the water is...
Project Spotlight: A Dreamy Shipping Container Pool
Shipping container pools are an easy and cost-effective way to create a unique and stylish swimming pool. They are quick to install and can be customized with different features and finishes. Plus, they're also resistant to rot, rust, and other weather elements,...
Project Spotlight: Great Architecture
This client had been with us for four years and wanted to create a garden that was teeming with pollinators and had plenty of cutting flowers. With their existing modern, native grass-heavy landscape, they knew that our company—with its strong connection to building...
Project Spotlight: Starting with a Blank Slate
As any writer or artist knows, when you start with a blank page or a clean canvas, anything is possible. That’s also what happens with a landscape design that starts from scratch. The owners of this home in West Nashville had ideas for what they wanted, and...