A liability of a steep slope outside of a back door turned into an asset with the installation of a waterfall, ending with a pond at the base.
Deer Combat-Using Deer Proof Plants Is the Best Strategy
Gardening with browsing deer can be very frustrating. There are many repellents on the market, but the ultimate solution is to plant things that deer hate.
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Fountain Magic-Installing a Fountain in 15 Minutes
Learn how to install a simple low cost fountain and water feature in your backyard with the right equipment from a local garden center in 15 minutes.
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Garden Vignettes – Sweet Gardening
On my recent trip to San Francisco for the garden bloggers "fling" when we visited Rebecca Sweet's beautiful garden, what struck me about her design strategy was "garden vignettes", "design spotlights", and "skinny spaces". Rebecca Sweet is an innovative garden designer who lives in northern California and wrote "Garden Up-Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces". …
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Healing Labyrinth – Part 2
Designing the labyrinth was interesting and fun. But now the hard work of installing it began. Preparation After locating all utilities and getting necessary covenant permission, we were ready to go. First up was removing all plant material and grading of the site with heavy equipment. It was necessary to level a space large enough for the …
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A Healing Labyrinth- Part 1
Dream Job Sometimes as a designer, a dream job drops into your lap! That happened recently with creating a labyrinth space for a client. I have always wanted to install a labyrinth and had designed one for a previous client but because of cost, the job fell through. For that client, I went on to …
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Innovative Garden Design of a Small Property
The Challenge What do you do when you move from a large beautifully landscaped property that is overflowing with texture and color, to a retirement community that is populated with yews and swaths of mint? Oh, and did I mention overrun with deer? That was the tall order that I as the landscape designer had …
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