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Plant groups can help create natural feeling
By Jim Today, I am going to talk about plant groups. When I was talking about fall color in a recent post, I recommended using a lot of different plant species to create a tapestry of different...
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First step to starting your Japanese garden landscape
By Jim With the New Year almost upon us, most are reflecting upon changes that they want to make in their lives. This might be to lose weight, start exercising, get a new job, etc. Maybe, this is the...
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Winter garden design principles plus six tips
By Jim In a past post I talked about how to add interest to your winter landscape, such as adding trees with interesting bark. Now I want to talk about principles for enhancing your winter garden...
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The First Steps in Creating Woodland Gardens
By Jim The forests of North America are the inspiration for many fine woodland gardens. If you live in a forested region, you probably understand why. These forests house many deciduous and evergreen...
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Creating a woodland garden #2
By Jim Last post, I talked about the different types of forest gardens. These were the dark forest and the woodland garden. Now, let’s discuss creating a woodland garden. We appreciate the atmosphere...
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Create a woodland garden when you have no trees
By Jim In the last couple of posts, I wrote about the first steps in how to create a woodland garden and how to begin if you have existing trees. No trees yet? No problem. If your yard does NOT have an...
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Curvilinear landscape design from line of force
By Jim A while ago, I showed how to create lines of force from your house to help integrate your house into your landscape. In the following post, we created a formal rectangular style design from...
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