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Garden Design
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Unusual, Antique, and Collectable Containers
Anything that can hold soil can serve as a home for plants—which expands the selection into realms far beyond the standard terra-cotta flowerpot or ubiquitous plastic window box.
By Scott D. Appell -
Curbside Gardens—Transforming Your Hell Strip
Heated by pavement, often assaulted by salt and sand during winter, these ribbons of city-owned real estate are not prime gardening spots. Indeed, they have been dubbed "hell strips" by writer Lauren Springer.
By Claire Hagen Dole -
Authenticity in Japanese Landscape Design
There are two quite different paths to authenticity in Japanese gardening. The quickest way to tell them apart is to consider two key aspects of the design process—the sources of inspiration and the choice of materials.
By David Slawson -
Four Indoor Garden Designs
The indoor landscape can form an integral part of your interior and, naturally, reflect your personal preference and style.
By Bill Shank -
Flora for Fauna
Transforming a garden into a wildlife refuge doesn't require a big cash prize; you can do the work gradually. Start by expanding your existing borders with flowers that butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and other pollinators love.
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Twelve Ways to Design a Bird-friendly Garden
Twelve general guidelines on how to design a garden that appeals to both birds and people.
By Stephen W. Kress -
The Four-Square: A Classic Kitchen Garden Design
Like a country kitchen, a four-square kitchen garden evokes thoughts of hearth, home, and abundance. It is a garden design based on a very simple layout that provides a rich, unpretentious display of color, form, and, quite literally, good taste.
By John D. Simpson -
A Bog Garden
Few gardeners are lucky enough to possess a moist spot, much less a true bog. I garden in Minneapolis on a dry terrace adjacent to the Mississippi River, in silty loam above limestone bedrock. For an ardent plant collector such as myself, lack of moist soil is a cruel fate. I love turtleheads, sedges, skunk cabbage and iris, plants of low woods and wet meadows which demand continuous moisture to thrive. In my dry, silty soil, it seemed impossible to even think of growing them. Impossible, that is, until I thought of creating an artificial bog garden.
By C. Colston Burrell -
Front Yard Fashion—Reinventing the American Garden
The urban-suburban landscapes of North America reflect a design tradition that has remained relatively constant since the middle 1940's. Only by understanding and acknowledging this tradition can we begin to innovate in our front yards.
By C. Colston Burrell
