For many years the top of home gardening was to maintain a proper lawn, with a few flower boxes scattered here and there; we've come a long way! Beautiful gardens inspire us all, from the geometrical landscape architecture of the French gardens, to the whimsical paths of the lovely English gardens. Maybe because of today's hectic way of life, many of us try to recreate in our own backyard the serenity we sometimes see in some great landscape oil paintings, a harmony of designs and colors that sooth the soul. The amateur gardener usually starts with a front yard landscape, but the hobby quickly turns into a passion, and very soon every corner of our property has become a delight for the eyes. Landscaping ideas come from the most unusual places. Some weekend gardeners will devote time and efforts to reproduce a spectacular flowerbed they saw on a landscape oil painting they particularly loved. Others will rely on the resources of the Web to find both ideas and landscape supplies. A good landscape design software can also help us bring our ideas to life. And if we're truly not gifted, we can always call on a landscape architect to turn our backyard into a small part of heaven. Our garden is often a reflection of our inner self, the one place we totally feel at home.