Gardeners have always grown their own food, but it seems that in the last couple of years, it’s really become a huge gardening trend. And actually, I’ll go as far as to say “cultural shift” instead of “trend”–trends tend to come and go, depending upon what’s in vogue at the moment, while a more cultural [...]
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I wish it had worked into my schedule to be a part of the GDR this month–I love being tuned into things around me that inspire design and plant choices. I’ve been inspired by public spaces like botanic gardens and restaurants, private gardens, magazine articles and books, and obscure things like a plate or a [...]
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We love our gardens! We play in them, we work in them, we putter and wander in them. But when was the last time you dined in yours? I garden on a 3rd floor balcony, and I designed it around eating and drinking (those of you who know me won’t be surprised): I planned my [...]
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I’ve been so excited about this month’s Garden Designers Roundtable topic about therapeutic spaces in the garden! Mostly because my life and career have taken a circuitous route through both therapy and gardens, but usually separately. My father was a therapist when I was in high school and college, and I went to school to [...]
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Attention, Gardeners: Does this “garden” look familiar? Nasty crumbling rockwork, plants that have withered away to nothing, a lack of focus?Dreary and depressing? Ah, then this month’s Garden Designers Roundtable is just for you! Yes, you, whose garden lacked a proper design from the get-go; and you, whose garden has fallen into disrepair. We’ve all [...]
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For those of you who are regular readers of J. Peterson Garden Design, you’ll remember that I am a part of an illustrious and (in)famous group of garden designers around the United States (and actually the UK). This group bands together and produces monthly blog posts on a particular aspect of garden design. Although I [...]
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It’s another installment of our fantabulous Garden Designers’ Roundtable this month, and we’re all a flutter about small spaces! Why? Well, why not? So many people are doing the urban thing and downsizing to condos and lofts, so they’re gardening on a patio, balcony or a rooftop. But even those of us that have standard [...]
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This month the fabled and fair designers of the Roundtable are waxing eloquent about container gardens, and I couldn’t wait to sign up with my colleagues to write this one! I container garden on my own 150 square foot balcony, and create potted gardens for many of my clients as well. What I love about [...]
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Good Afternoon! This month’s edition of The Garden Designers’ Roundtable is a discussion on focal points in the garden. We’ve all seen gardens that are kind of pretty or sort of interesting and yet you can never really pinpoint why they’re not WOW! One reason is that they might lack a focal point–so here to [...]
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