33 Garden Designs for the home garden, Landscaping designs   33 Garden Designs for your home: Shady Oasis Gaining GroundFront Door Enterance DesignCoastal Perennial Garden DesignWhite Flower Garden DesignGrass Garden DesignPastel Flower Garden DesignRose & Perennial Garden DesignBright Colorful Garden […]

Whether your home is situated on rocky terrain or you just want to try your hand at rock gardening, getting plants to thrive requires a few basic considerations. Because of the relatively shallow pockets of soil, water drains away very […]

Whether you have an existing Rose garden or wish to create one for the first time, choosing perennials that will complement the Roses’ color and form is an important consideration. Delphiniums always look great with most Roses. Why? Their strong […]

A vibrant, open entry arbor covered in fragrant Clematis will not only invite your visitors from the sidewalk into an enchanting garden scene, but also provide the necessary transition for the paths that lead to and from your undiscovered garden […]

Gaining Ground Garden Design – Tough Plants for tough places Helpful Hints Add ground cover shrubs such as Dwarf Mountain Pine and Juniper or upright evergreens to provide winter interest Plant Sedum, Thymus and Delosperma on rock ledges or above […]

Garden for Children The perfect garden design Helpful Hints Plant this garden surrounding your children’s play area or sand box. Play word games with your children to help them indentify and remember each plant in the children’s garden. Aruncus is […]

Hot and Humid Garden Design Helpful Hints Subsitute Pennisetum ‘Little Bunny’ for Deschampsia ‘Bronze Veil’, and this could be a Zone 4 collection. Protect your garden from the blazing afternoon sun by planting deciduous or coniferous trees that provide high […]

Late Season Garden Design for Sun Helpful Hints Substituting Caamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ or Miscanthus “Sarbande’ can make this garden zone 5 collection. Add shrubs such as Burning Bush, Fothergilla, and double-file Viburnum to the garden for dramatic autumn display Keep […]

Have you grown weary of the all-too-common Juniper-and-Yew combination that flanks your front door? Wouldn’t it be nice to create a setting that says “Welcome” in a charming, personal way? That task is challenging if you have a front yard […]

If there is a damp spot in your yard that you have always thought was a problem, don’t give up. Whether it’s an area that doesn’t drain well, floods periodically, or borders a pond or stream, let that unique situation […]