How to Design a Garden Layout Using Shapes To Inspire Your Design
I recently met up with a couple of my former instructors from when I attended the English Gardening School. Robin Templar Williams and Moira Farnham were running a design seminar at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, and given they were so close to my new home I ...
A Wooded Side yard Makeover to Restore the Landscape with Native Plants
A wooded side yard makeover – A native plant landscape before and after – this paved area is going to become a natural garden. Heather, over at Restoring the Landscape is not one of those all talk, no action people. Her website covers a wide range of to ...
Desert Gardens and Living Ocotillo Fences – Fouquieria splendens
I recently discovered a unique garden feature of the desert southwest – the ocotillo fence. The Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) is native to the desert southwest. It is a unique shrubby cactus-like plant (though it isn’t technically a cactus) that can be ...
A Landscape Designer’s Ideas for Better Kids Play Areas
You know what I dislike more than anything else in the garden? Isolated garden play areas where some sort of crummy swing set thing is thoughtlessly plopped down to simultaneously compartmentalize kids away – but then, also, not away. The worst offenders ...
How to quickly Fix An Overgrown Messy Garden (40 tips)
You should probably unsubscribe right now it your garden isn’t a bit overgrown or a mess. At least sometimes, or seasonally, or because you are “working on it”… We are all a hot mess. If you genuinely aren’t – this isn’t for you. (and also, can we even ...
How to fix up a Muddy Yard with Drains and Rain Gardens
How to Fix a Muddy Yard – if you have mud, you need solutions. I hope this post helps you quickly solve your soil and poor drainage issues and gets you started toward planting a sustainable rain garden (or other permanent solution). Every gardener will t ...