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I always carry a sketchbook with me. It's my place to capture ideas...whether in words or images. I started this quest to save my...
A fun way to approach planting design is to visualize your garden in elevation (looking at your garden as if you were standing in front of it)....
Garden design can be intimidating when we don’t know where to start, so let me help you tiptoe into this beautiful new world. I’ll...
We are currently learning about color pencil in my landscape graphics class, so I made this tutorial on rendering a plant symbol for my students....
Marie Vidmar from the beautiful state of California, emailed to ask if she could use my planting design tips for a future plant trade day she was...
In a couple of months I'll be giving my first public workshop on landscape graphics. Since this workshop is only one of many at a larger conference...
Each year when I teach my students about drawing plant symbols there is always confusion about what I mean by on-center vs. spread, so in...
I weeded a lot this summer and that means I had a lot of thinking time. Time to think about how the type of bed edge determined how much time I...
Here in the US Midwest (zones 4 & 5) our predominant native plant community is prairie (what's left of it). Rolling hills, open plains,...
As gardeners we strive to learn as many plants as possible. We learn by weeding around them, taking photos and notes, and simply working with...
A couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to visit Disney World for spring break. I think I was just as excited as my kids (maybe even...
Garden design has a vocabulary all it's own and even though many of these terms are quite common, we often confuse them. I've tried my best...
