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Why I Leave the Garden Standing All Winter

Why I Leave the Garden Standing All Winter

Learn how I create winter interest by leaving clean up to spring. I leave almost everything standing because it is beautiful and helpful.

Why I Leave the Garden Standing All Winter

Learn how I create winter interest by leaving clean up to spring. I leave almost everything standing because it is beautiful and helpful.

Garden Design #7: Blocking in Color and Plant Groups

Garden Design #7: Blocking in Color and Plant G...

Now that the big structural pieces are in place, it’s time to start filling the garden — not with specific plants yet, but with color, mass, and height. This step is...

Garden Design #7: Blocking in Color and Plant G...

Now that the big structural pieces are in place, it’s time to start filling the garden — not with specific plants yet, but with color, mass, and height. This step is...

Garden Design Step Six: Placing the Big Elements

Garden Design Step Six: Placing the Big Elements

Focus on adding hardscaping and large trees/shrubs to your garden design first. This will help structure things that are hard if not impossible to move after the garden has been...

Garden Design Step Six: Placing the Big Elements

Focus on adding hardscaping and large trees/shrubs to your garden design first. This will help structure things that are hard if not impossible to move after the garden has been...

Garden Design Step Five: Drawing the Bones of Your Space

Garden Design Step Five: Drawing the Bones of Y...

Before you add any plants to a plan, you need to draw out the space. Take pencil to graph paper and start looking at what you are working with. Its...

Garden Design Step Five: Drawing the Bones of Y...

Before you add any plants to a plan, you need to draw out the space. Take pencil to graph paper and start looking at what you are working with. Its...

Garden Design Step Four: The Things Most People Forget

Garden Design Step Four: The Things Most People...

Learn how to think about irrigation, hardscaping, soil and pests before you begin planning a garden. Understand the value of using grasses and evergreens which should be planned out in...

Garden Design Step Four: The Things Most People...

Learn how to think about irrigation, hardscaping, soil and pests before you begin planning a garden. Understand the value of using grasses and evergreens which should be planned out in...

Garden Design Step Three: Turning Inspo Into Decisions

Garden Design Step Three: Turning Inspo Into De...

Once you understand your site and have an inspiration board you love, it’s time to move into practical design decisions. This is where a garden shifts from ideas to something...

Garden Design Step Three: Turning Inspo Into De...

Once you understand your site and have an inspiration board you love, it’s time to move into practical design decisions. This is where a garden shifts from ideas to something...