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13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard For most people, the end of summer and approach of autumn means cooler temperatures, harvest time for crops, a

Twenty Trees You Should Not Plant

It’s that time of year when the weather gets warmer, days get longer, and everything is ready to grow again. Americans will spend billions of dollars planting flowers, shrubs and trees, like …

10 Trees That Spell Trouble for Your Yard

Mature trees add a lot of value to your property, boosting both your home's price and your quality of life... but only if they are the right trees. When you make an investment in a tree, don’t inadvertently plant something that will become a maintenance headache or the eventual cause of a dispute with your neighbors. To play it safe, keep these 10 trees out of your landscaping plan.

16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

These 16 invasive species of plants are commonly sold at garden centers - beware of them and DO NOT buy them from your garden store!

10 Plants that Beat the Heat

Plant these heat-loving, hardy plants that thrive in hot weather. Simply water them once a week to enjoy their blooms all summer long.

How to Make a Stunning Bouquet with Supermarket Flowers

10 Tips to Keeping Your Trees in Tip-Top Shape

A property filled with beautiful trees doesn't take much work. The biggest challenge may be leaving them alone.

Building sustainably with timber

If it is sustainably sourced and sensibly used, timber is one of the most environmentally friendly construction materials currently available, writes Fran Williams

Why Timber Frame Homes are so Sustainable

Energy efficiency has long been touted as one of the main benefits of building a timber frame home, and in a world where green standards can be a bit fuzzy, these homes truly embody what it means to be a leader when it comes to creating a comfortable and cost-effective home that’s mindful of the environment.

Mike's Perfect Pets: Timber

Timber is Mike Caplan's Perfect Pet of the Week!

Building the Future: Cross Laminated Timber

Explore the role of cross laminated timber in the surge of prefabricated wood construction.

10 Things you didn't know were made out of timber

10 Things You Didn’t Know Were Made Out Of TimberThe mighty tree already provides us with so many things we take for granted everyday – paper, fruit & nuts and even the oxygen we breatheBut we here at International Timber decided to highlight some of the weird and wonderful things that come from some our favourite wood.1.) Bringing home the baconWhether it’s in a sandwich, as part of a big greasy fry-up or you’re just grateful for it’s existence,…

Timber Home Kitchen Design Tips & Inspiration

Cook up your dream timber home kitchen with our expert tips, layout advice and finishing inspiration.

“Timber Is the New Concrete”: 8 Projects Pioneering Laminated Wood Framework

As one of the most elemental building materials, timber has come a long way from the world’s oldest examples of wooden architecture, early Neolithic water we...

Watch SOM test its latest in timber tower technology

Since 2014, SOM and OSU recently completed a full-scale test to prove the system’s ability to satisfy code requirements for future timber towers.

Building wood towers: How high is up for timber structures?

The recent push for larger and taller wood structures may seem like an architectural fad—plenty of hype, but only a few dozen completed projects globally. Concrete and steel still rule the world of mi