About.com's Resource for Landscaping --A One-Stop Source for Do-It-Yourself Landscapers Online

How can a landscaping makeover increase the real estate value of your property? How would you go about planning those changes, and implementing them? Or would it be more feasible for you to hire a landscape designer to do the job? These questions and more can be answered without your even leaving the comfort of your own home. Just visit the user-friendly Landscaping resource at http://landscaping.about.com.

"Home landscaping can add about 15% to the value of your real estate. Let's put that into perspective. For real estate valued in the $200,000 - $225,000 range (before considering its landscaping), effective home landscaping can add $30,000 to its value. How often do you get to make a $30,000 decision? Get the idea? The home landscaping issue amounts to a major decision in your life," says David Beaulieu, About.com's Landscaping Editor.

"It's important that such decisions not be based on arbitrary ideas, or criteria overly personalized. This is not the time to get in touch with your inner self," quips Beaulieu. "In making a $30,000 decision about a stock investment, you'd want hard, objective facts to guide you. Well, you need to seek the same kind of guides in the matter of home landscaping."

Landscaping.about.com strives to provide this guidance, as well as ideas for do-it-yourselfers who plan on living on their current properties for the rest of their lives. This landscaping resource takes a multi-pronged approach to providing its users with answers to their questions:

1) For no-nonsense types, the editor can simply be e-mailed with a query at landscaping.guide@about.com.

2) For those who like to read, articles are featured on the homepage and in the archives.

3) For those who prefer to surf, tightly-organized and well-researched links afford easy access to the some of the Web's top gardening and landscaping Web sites.

4) For those with an interactive bent, the site puts you in contact with other gardening and landscaping enthusiasts using either a Chat Room or a Discussion Board. In fact, you are encouraged to become a "star" on the site if you wish, publishing your own landscape design ideas or photography.

About About.com

About.com is the leading network of niche vertical sites for users and marketers. The network includes over 650 highly targeted environments, each overseen by a professional guide. Each vertical niche provides a comprehensive consumer experience including the Internet's best link directories, original content, community features and commerce opportunities. Media Metrix (July 1999) ranks About.com as the largest news, information and entertainment Internet property.

Source: About.com




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