Tim de Vries

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 2016, Tim spent six months working for a landscaping company in Christchurch, New Zealand, gaining additional experience in garden construction and maintenance in a different climate and landscaping environment.

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.

Bradford Pear

Trees

4 Pros And 4 Cons Of Bradford Pear Trees

Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’) is a deciduous tree that reached near-ubiquity in American neighborhoods between the 1970s and 1990s. The USDA released the ‘Bradford’ cultivar

Jane Magnolia

Trees

5 Pros And 4 Cons Of Magnolia Trees

Few trees stop traffic in spring the way a magnolia does. The genus Magnoliaceae contains some of the most primitive flowering plants on earth — magnolias

Sun-baked gravel garden with lavender, sea holly, verbascum spires and airy grasses

Gardens

25 Cottage-Style Gravel Garden Ideas

Gravel and cottage gardens might seem like opposites, yet they belong together. A gravel mulch keeps roots cool, suppresses weeds, and mimics the free-draining conditions that