Garden Design
The only person who has to like
your garden is you. And if you like it, then it really
doesn't matter what some fancy designer thinks.
Having said that.... a little knowledge about plants and design principles will help you figure out the 'how" of what it is you want your garden to look llike. So here are a few tips and techniques and design thoughts to get you thinking and give you some ideas about how to make your own garden design stand out.
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Garden Benches. I firmly believe that every garden needs a place to sit. Without that, all you do is work in your garden - not sit and relax into its wonders.
Garden Color. This short video features the colorful public garden Cantigny Gardens. These folks use a broad swath of color and we can all learn something from seeing these plant combinations.
Japanese Garden Water Gardens - here's a video featuring a variety of water gardens in the Japanese style.
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Cottage garden design is the domain of the home gardener. Traditionally, it was the poor who had cottage gardens and they crammed them full of easy to grow, common plants. Here's my take on how you can get your very own cottage garden.
Japanese Garden Design. I have long been a fan of this style of gardening. Here's an introductory thought about how the Japanese "see" their gardens.
Butterfly gardens are interesting places but you need to take all forms of butterflies.
Wildlife Gardening and attracting birds and other creatures to your garden is part of our "green" challenge in being a better gardener.
Fragrant gardens are one of those things you don't usually think of when you're designing but ... I think you should. :-)
Fragrant perennials are the backbone of many gardens. And if you want to grow perennials, understand they can serve dual purposes.
Three season garden means getting your garden to bloom through three seasons (spring, summer and fall - we don't think we can do this in the winter).
Vegetable garden design can be more than just lining up the veggies in rows. Here are a few things to consider.
Desiign a potager garden if you want to. It isn't overly difficult and if a few monks can do it in the middle ages, so can you.
Raised garden design is something that's increasingly popular with many gardeners both aging and finding themselves with small gardens. Here are a few thoughts for you to consider.
No dig gardens are all the rage right now. What goes around comes around and here's a few thoughts on how you can get in on this go-round.
Garden bench designs - and there are hundreds - are interesting given that a garden bench is the one indespensible thing in your garden design.
Q&A: We need some garden design advice. My husband and I have a new property - we don't know anything and want to know where to start.
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