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Garden Design - Introduction - The goal of a landscape design is to create an outdoor living space which is both useful and visually striking.  The success of a design relies heavily on an....
Rose FloweringRose Gardens - Roses are perhaps the most popular and versatile of all garden plants. They’re effective when grouped together, planted on their own as a specimen or mixed in with perennials or shrubs. Some roses...
Shade Gardens - If you are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to garden in the shade beneath the canopy of mature shade trees you will find many advantages not found...

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Garden Design - Views - Trees, shrubs and garden structures can be utilized to frame views within the garden or vistas or the distant landscape. They can also help draw...
Garden Design - Color - Plant color in garden design is immensely important and can be utilized to create focal points in the landscape. Dark-colored plants contrasted with...
Garden Design - Texture - Texture in garden design refers to the visual roughness or smoothness of a plant and can create visual interest. Textural qualities of plants are...
Garden Design - Composition - Composition in garden design is the placement of landscape elements, the spaces they create and the transitions between them. Garden...

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Working With Garden Microclimates - Microclimates are conditions, such as temperatures and wind exposure, which vary from spot to spot within...
Dry Gardens - In the southwestern U.S., where dry conditions prevail, successful gardens are designed to require little if any water. Native plants which have adapted...
Formal Gardens - Formal gardens are the result of our desire to tame and give order to the natural landscape. Formal garden designs generally incorporate symmetry...
Herb Gardens - Herbs are easy to grow, attractive and can be used in a wide variety of ways. Many gardeners grow herbs to use in the kitchen or for their fragrance. Other...
Full Sun Gardens - Full sun gardens require plants which are sun loving as they’ll be able to tolerate the hottest summer days as well as the dry conditions of this environment. Once...
Hillside Gardens - Hillside gardens face challenges which are common to all gardens. For instance, the planting plan should be compatible with the existing environmental conditions...
Fragrant Gardens - Most gardens are primarily designed to be visually striking. They can, however, be designed to please all the senses. A fountain or waterfall can add the...
Pool Gardens - A well thought out design can help transform your pool garden into an oasis. The goal of any garden design is to create an outdoor living space which is...
White Gardens - White gardens are a wonderful way to brighten up a partly shady spot in the landscape. They can, in fact, be quite graceful. White gardens...
Courtyard Gardens - Courtyard gardens are garden spaces which are enclosed on 3 or 4 sides by walls or buildings. They can also be an outdoor space which is bordered...
Urban Gardens - Often times site conditions are such that it’s best to work with the existing landscape rather than make extensive changes.  These types of sites often...
Rock Gardens  - Often there are those areas of your garden that just aren't suitable for lawn or have exposed ledge and rocks making it impossible to plant shrubs.  These...
Japanese Gardens - Japanese gardens are designed to create landscapes which resembles nature through the careful placement of trees, shrubs, rocks, sand, artificial...
Natural Gardens  - Natural gardens utilize native species of plants which are often quite easy to grow.  These plants have adapted to certain environments and are generally...
Woodland Gardens - Often times site conditions are such that it’s best to work with the existing landscape rather than make extensive changes.  These types of sites often...
Entrance Gardens - Traditionally, foundation plantings have been meant to conceal the cement foundations of houses.  Often though it’s more appropriate to create a welcoming...
Cutting Gardens - Many perennials, annuals and even flowering shrubs not only make great garden plants but wonderful cut flowers as well. Shrubs...
Cottage Gardens - Cottage gardens exude charm and character, with an informal style, very unlike formally designed gardens with their immaculate lawns and regimented...
Moss Gardens - Moss is a great addition to the shade garden, woodland garden, or rock garden.  It can give the garden a lush look and feel.  Moss is a low maintenance plant...
Small Gardens - Garden design for small spaces requires some ingenuity and a lot of creativity.  There are some advantages to small gardens that larger spaces don’t have...
Lawn Alternatives - From Maine to Florida to California lawns are the most ubiquitous garden feature in the landscape. Turf grasses, however, are rarely a natural occurrence...
Edible Gardens - When considering an edible garden the first thing most people will think of is the vegetable garden. Vegetable gardens are by far the most popular...
Wetland Gardens - We'd like to take a look at how to turn a waterlogged area into something beautiful! Wetland Gardens Where we live, there is a lot of clay in the soil...
Seaside Gardens - Gardening along the coast presents even the most skilled gardeners with challenges not encountered elsewhere.  Natural conditions along the coast create...
Winter Gardens - After the leaves have fallen from the trees, most people ignore their gardens until their bulbs begin to emerge in the spring. If planned well, a winter...
Perennial Gardens - Perennials are any plants which live for more than two seasons and produce flowers which die back to the ground each fall.  They’re at...
Water Gardens - All water features; ponds, pools, waterfalls etc. can create a tranquility in the garden.  They create a sense of coolness in the air even on the hottest summer...
Fall Gardens - When most gardeners plan for a colorful fall garden the first plants which come to mind are chrysanthemums and asters. While an essential ingredient...
Drought Tolerant Gardens - Gardening, for some, has been rather difficult over the past few years, as many parts of the country are in the midst of a severe drought...
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