Visiting a home garden is one of the best ways to learn how certain plants perform in a landscape. It’s an opportunity to see how they mature and what they look like paired with others. If the garden is located in your neighbourhood, so much the better: What grows down the street from you will likely succeed in your own plot, too. However, visiting gardens farther afield also … [Read more...] about Visits inspire garden design ideas
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Motivation for a new gardener (or new garden)
I went on my first garden tour this summer and discovered several good gardening ideas even newbies like myself can handle. In case you’re one of the few who don’t already know this, gardeners really love to talk and share their knowledge. They’ll answer any question you have, plus a few others that you didn’t have, and give you more plant suggestions and tips than you’ll be … [Read more...] about Motivation for a new gardener (or new garden)
A garden designer’s view on trends
Catherine Geraats of Aphrodite Design Group was the garden designer who designed Garden Making's feature garden for Canada Blooms in 2012 in Toronto. We asked Catherine about what's new in garden design. And she had some advice for new homeowners hiring a landscape designer. Q: What new design trends — colours, structures, specialized themes — do you see in residential … [Read more...] about A garden designer’s view on trends
In Winter, think garden design
The Winter 2011-12 issue of Garden Making magazine includes our annual Garden Design Special Feature. This is issue No. 8 and is our 2nd Design Issue, full of inspiring garden design ideas: colour schemes for your garden how to add a soundscape 3 designs for a new foundation bed You can order a copy from our shop. Of course, in addition to the design features, we have a … [Read more...] about In Winter, think garden design
Garden design: glory is in the details
Looking at the cover of the winter issue of Garden Making magazine reminds me that intelligent garden design is so often executed in small and personal details, with plants that blend into comfortable landscapes and show the gardener’s skill and attention. All gardening involves design, even if we’re only placing plants in a border or curving a formerly straight line. In the … [Read more...] about Garden design: glory is in the details
