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Once the holidays end in December, it seems that January and February can dwell on as we yearn for spring to arrive. To add a bright light to these sh...
When you walk through a fabulous garden, do you ever wonder why you're so intrigued with it? Maybe its because that garden was successfully organized ...
Every year this question ultimately comes up in my landscape design studio: "How large should I make a patio for a certain number of people?" I found ...
When I wrote my post on rain gardens, I thought it would be fun to use my theme garden design process to add a little more punch to this type of lands...
As you approach garden design, it's important to understand two aspects: spatial design and planting design. Spatial design can easily be overlooked, ...
A rain garden is a planting area that captures runoff from rain that falls on roofs, driveways or yards. They help create landscapes that are both bea...
How do I stop the madness of crazy bedlines? These are the lines that slither through the lawn without a care in the world. Those new to landscape des...
A couple of months ago I visited a small, yet amazing garden in central Iowa. I learned something that day: size doesn't matter...it's all in the det...
What do I mean? Often we'll lay
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Several years ago I had the privilege of visiting a stunning Iowa garden dedicated to the owner's four-legged friends. When I swung open the ornate wo...
I am infatuated with great TEXTURE in the garden...and the garden I visited last week had amazing texture plastered all over it. So exciting!
If you...
