I think I’m ready to meet with the garden designer now. I've thought it all through and now I know what I want in a garden design. I want a garden that leads you along from one section to another …
Garden Design Elements: Hortiful
Not for me are those minimalist gardens, with hardscapes occasionally punctuated with a plant or two. I want my gardens to be full of plants. I want to be able to walk amongst the flowers in my …
Garden Design Elements: Gardimacy
When I walk through a garden, I like to see the little details that give a hint of the gardener who tends that garden. In fact I love the little details that gardeners put into their gardens that …
Garden Design Elements: Well-Plotted
A good mystery book, really any good book, takes you slowly through the plot, leaving clues throughout on how the book will end. At times you think you’ve got it all figured out and feel certain you …
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Garden Design Elements: Placeness
“Where you going?’ as we like to say around here. Wandering around a garden following paths is fine to do, but eventually we want to get someplace in the garden. We want our gardens to have places …
Garden Design Elements: Wanderability
Did you ever walk into a garden and somehow you just knew where to wander? The placement of the planting beds, the lure of any focal points, even the way the birds flew, drew you into the garden. As …
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