Tim

Tim de Vries is the founder of ProGardenTips and a former professional landscaper with hands-on experience in garden construction, maintenance, and hardscaping.

Tim began working for a landscaping company in the Netherlands at 18, maintaining and constructing gardens and public green spaces while also gaining experience with tree work and machinery. At 20, he started his own landscaping business, specializing in private gardens, paving, retaining walls, fencing, pergolas, lawns, planting, and complete garden builds from start to finish.

In 2017, Tim founded ProGardenTips to share the practical knowledge he gained during his years working in the landscaping industry. Growing up and working in the Netherlands—a country with a strong culture of carefully designed and maintained residential gardens—has also shaped his practical approach to garden design, construction, and maintenance.

Christmas trees

Trees

18 Trees That Look Like Christmas Trees

The trees that look like Christmas trees are the conifers with a single straight trunk and whorled branches that get shorter toward the top: firs, spruces,

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Plants

11 Plants That Look Like Raspberries (and How to Tell Them Apart)

The plants most often mistaken for raspberries are close relatives: blackberries, wineberries, thimbleberries, salmonberries, cloudberries and loganberries are all in the same genus, Rubus, and all

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Plants

11 Plants That Look Like Lamb’s Ear

The plants that look most like lamb’s ear are other silver, woolly-leaved plants: common mullein, rose campion, dusty miller, snow-in-summer, angel wings and silver sage. Culinary

Trumpet Vine

Plants

29 Poisonous Plants in Tennessee (With Photos and First Aid)

The poisonous plants you are most likely to meet in Tennessee are poison ivy, which grows in every county, and poison hemlock, which lines roadsides and

Wild Pea

Plants

25 Poisonous Plants in Pennsylvania (and What to Do After Contact)

The poisonous plants you are most likely to meet in Pennsylvania are poison ivy, which grows in every county, and wild parsnip and giant hogweed, whose

Giant hogweed

Plants

18 Poisonous Plants in Michigan (and What to Do After Contact)

The poisonous plants you are most likely to meet in Michigan are poison ivy, poison sumac, wild parsnip and giant hogweed, which burn or blister skin,

Wild Four Oclock

Plants

22 Poisonous Plants in Ohio (and What to Do After Contact)

The poisonous plants that cause the most trouble in Ohio are poison ivy and wild parsnip, which injure skin, and poison hemlock, which has spread along

Poisonous Plants in Texas

Plants

27 Poisonous Plants in Texas (and What to Do After Contact)

The poisonous plants you are most likely to meet in Texas are poison ivy, poison oak and Texas bull nettle, which hurt by touch, and a

Weeping Willow Tree

Trees

13 Trees Similar to Weeping Willow, for Small and Large Yards

If you like the look of a weeping willow but don’t have room for one, the best alternatives are smaller weeping trees. For small yards, try

Weeping Willow Tree

Trees

6 Pros and 7 Cons of Weeping Willow Trees

Weeping willows are graceful, grow very fast, love wet soil and give wide, cool shade. They are also big, thirsty trees with roots that find their