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Seating walls are an incredibly popular addition to landscape designs, especially in the Sacramento area. Thousands of homeowners spend all hours of the day outdoors, and adding seating walls to [...]

Do you want the beauty of a well-landscaped backyard, but don’t have the time to keep up with a lot of foliage?  Whatever your reasons are for wanting a low-maintenance, yet attractive yard, [...]

Often times, homeowners will walk outside, look at their yard, and say to themselves “I need to do something about this.” Their front yard doesn’t display the way they feel, or what they want out [...]

You can do almost anything you want with your backyard. You can plant nothing but fruit trees, you can create a garden of catnip, and you can even pave the whole thing over and use it as an [...]

If you live in the Greater Sacramento area, there is a landscaping term you probably haven’t heard before: Winterscaping. As the name implies, winterscaping is a type of landscape design that is [...]

The city of Auburn in California is best known for its outdoor community, with great hikes nearby and, of course, the recreation area that houses some of the world’s best endurance events. Many [...]

If you haven’t been connected to the Hmong community, you have likely never heard of the term “tuj lub” (pronounced Too-Loo). Yet it is one of the most popular sports in Laos, and a cultural love [...]

It’s never been more important than it is right now to pay attention to the impact that you have on the environment. From water use (California is still struggling with its drought) to energy [...]

The Sacramento area may not be known for its winters, given that it often feels like it is 100 degrees for 11 months of the year, but for some, winter is actually the time that more people go [...]

Landscaping is often about themes, and at FiveSTAR Landscape, we work with homeowners that want to give their backyard a specific look and feel – often tailored to a specific audience. Themed [...]