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I don’t think it is a surprise I like to incorporate alliums into my garden designs, if you follow my instagram you will see how many times this summer I shared photos of the alliums in my garden at home. Their tall round heads are great foils to the feathery and soft perennials I like to design with. They also … READ MORE
Design 101, Gardeners Collect, Tools
Besides being collectors and curators of very personal plant collections in our gardens, gardeners also collect an assortment of items related to enjoying their garden. I think if you look around your garden or tool shed you will find a few of your own collections. One of the collections I am guilty of having is vintage galvanized watering cans. I … READ MORE
Design 101
(Read Previous Design 101 here) Pleaching is the method of training multiple trees into a single horizontal plane, or one continuous line. It is often used to create allees or hedges. More frequently seen in European garden design, the training takes dedication to clipping and time to mature. Most often the branches are clipped to expose the trunks. EXAMPLES OF PLEACHING A classic example of … READ MORE
Brick, Design 101
This is my first post in what I hope will be an ongoing series of Landscape Design 101’s on popular styles and terms used. My goal is to provide the basic knowledge for novice designers to either do a project themselves or talk to a professional installer/designer about what they would like for their home. If there are any particular topics you … READ MORE