You’ve taken the time to create a beautiful garden space, but what about the entryway to your garden? What, you say? If the entryway to your garden is simply your side gate, you might be missing an opportunity for stunning design! It’s what you’ve done for the entryway to your house–a colorful front door, a [...]
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Probably most of you have heard a ton about adding contrast in your garden for visual interest–contrast the colors, contrast the foliage size, contrast the plant shape, contrast textures! You don’t have to contrast everything, but paying attention to this basic design element and you’ll be surprised how much more depth your garden has. Here [...]
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Today it is my pleasure to welcome to the JPGD readership the one and only Michael Nolan, The Garden Rockstar! Michael is an author, blogger and speaker on gardening, sustainability, food ethics and homesteading. He is currently in the process of writing a new guest post on a different site for each day in May. To [...]
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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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Driving around town, I see a lot of tree rings in suburban front yards. Little metal circles surrounding trees large and small, filled with mulch or flowers. I’ve seen some done well and with a purpose, while others seem to lack significance in both form and function. What makes the difference? Tree rings are usually [...]
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Have you seen patios that abruptly end, while grass grows right up to the edge? While there’s nothing really wrong with it, there’s that nagging feeling sometimes that, surely, there must be a more artistic or creative solution to transition between the two areas. Well, here’s a quick idea that speaks to that very problem: [...]
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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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Remember back in January when I announced my first JPGD Gardener O’ the Month, Rachel Mathews? Well, Rachel’s been kicking up some dust over on her site, Successful Garden Design, with a conversation about what makes a garden great, and it’s not necessarily because you hired someone to do it! To that end, she has [...]
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Well, this is certainly exciting! My previous post talked about a new site I’m involved with called the Garden Designers Roundtable–it’s a panel of landscape designers who blog together over a monthly assigned topic, and our debut mass-posting is today! As in, right now! You’re welcome, as always, to visit the site, but for your [...]
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We’re makin’ some noise over at Shirley’s place! At the Garden World Report, indoor gardens were the theme of the day (actually the week!), featuring yours truly, Mark Highland, Paul Epsom, Dan Eskelson and Billy Goodnick, as well as Shirley Bovshow herself. I’m sure you’ll find something to a)inspire you, b)make you laugh or c)make [...]
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