Marc and Bernadette Rogoff wanted to create a fun backyard that would encourage their kids to appreciate the outdoors, entertain themselves and have unstructured down time. Landscapers and designers say that creating fun outdoor spaces is simple and inexpensive.

Millennium Park has been a boon for the Windy City, but it had benefactors that Los Angeles is struggling to secure. As Los Angeles officials ponder what downtown's Civic Center park might look like, they often cite Millennium Park in Chicago as a model for what they hope their park can become.

FAIRMONT - Imagine having a beautiful flower garden, filled with hostas, wild geraniums, ostrich ferns and any perennial flower or grass suitable for Minnesota. Colors, shapes, textures, fragrances all coming together in a typically flooded section of yard. Now imagine this garden being extremely low maintenance and a benefit to the environment.

The new Level Five restrictions that came into effect this week in sections of the Lithgow Local Government area impose tough new bans on the use of water.

Welcome to Links For The Rest Of Us, a series where everyday golfers like us compare notes and give the inside skinny on the kinds of courses the pros may or may not get near. And we review based on the things you really need to know; there's nary a stimpmeter in sight. We start with my personal favorite course, Callaway Gardens' Mountain View. The deal: If there were one word I'd use ...