If you need some inspiration how to use social media to market your business, you could do a lot worse than Neave Landscaping.

They mix in great before-and-after shots of landscape and pool installations, vacations and … whatever is happening in the photo above.

You can tell the company does good work, and that they know how to have a good time. Check them out on Facebook, Pinterest and at neavegroup on Instagram.

Here’s our digest of cool stuff that will make you smarter. Enjoy your reading, and we’ll see you Monday.

• A great guide to designing outdoor rooms. (via @belgard)
• The latest research on equipment theft in America.
• The man behind Pinterest.
• ASLA has released a beautiful interactive guide to D.C. parks.
• What West Nile is doing to people in Texas.
• Science has confirmed: Summer was hot.
• Above: 60 years of American economic history in one graph.

Here’s our weekly digest of interesting stuff from the internet. Have a great weekend. (And call your mom.)

• A history of the sunflower.
• Top 2012 outdoor living trends.
• The best times to post to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
• Massive stormwater park opens in Los Angeles. (via @ValleyCrest)
• Chris Heiler on practical uses of Pinterest.
• Above: Transplanting a tree in Australia with ArborCo.

Here’s our weekly update on cool stuff from the web. Enjoy!

• A farm replaces golf as in the suburbs. (Via @turfhugger)
• Monkshood making a comeback in the Midwest.
• A visual representation of what Americans spend their money on.
• Top 5 social media branding mistakes.
• ASLA publishes report how much cash green roofs and similar infrastructure can save.
• Make your designers’ lives easier with Pinterest. (via @uphelpsr)
• Flower subscription service H.Bloom raises $10 million. (via @getsocialshow)
• Above: Landscape lighting series by Barry Underwood, an artist and professor of photography at the Cleveland Art Institute. (via The Dirt)