Designing with Ornamental Grasses: How to Use Them in Garden Design
I’ve been designing with ornamental grasses for decades and consider them an indispensable staple not only in my own garden, but in the gardens I
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Proportion and Scale in the Garden
The concept of ‘proportion and scale’ in the garden can be tricky to get right, but when you do, you just know it. Well, that WASN’T
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Add Height with Flowering, Towering Plants
The surest way to create a wow-factor moment in your garden is to add height with flowering, towering plants. Not just a little height either
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Four-Season Structure with Trellises, Tuteurs, and Obelisks
Late winter is the perfect time to talk about adding four-season structure with trellises, tuteurs, and obelisks. Take a look outside, and you’re likely to
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Creating Winter Interest in the Garden – Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of Creating Winter Interest in the Garden (if you missed Part 1, click here.) I recently walked through a new client’s
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Creating Winter Interest in the Garden – Part 1
Creating winter interest in the garden is so important, and is one of the things I consider first when designing a new garden. Especially since
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December Garden Rockstars
It’s mid-December, and most of my garden is now fast asleep. This week’s rain has knocked off the remaining fall leaves, perennials are silently slumbering
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Drab to Fab – My Front Entry Garden Makeover
When designing the front entrance of a client’s new garden, I know I’ve succeeded in creating something special when: 1. I spy someone walking down
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Creating Contrast in the garden
Creating contrast in the garden is such an important design principle, I thought it would be helpful to show the many different ways I accomplished
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A Magnificent Monochromatic Garden
Welcome to Lani Freymiller’s magnificent monochromatic garden! What’s a monochromatic garden? It’s one that uses a very limited color palette. I’ve noticed that gardeners are
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Foxtail Lily Frenzy
I’d like to introduce you to my new obsession , which my husband lovingly calls my Foxtail Lily Frenzy (aka: eremurus ‘Oase’.) I’ve wanted to
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A Side Yard Makeover – plus a HUGE giveaway!
Side yard makeovers are some of the most popular posts on my blog, and for good reason. (you can see why here and here)! First,
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