Garden design

Visits inspire garden design ideas

Beckie Fox

Visiting gardens farther afield also offers up lots of inspiration, especially garden design ideas that can be transplanted to your own space.

Low fencing works perfectly with the variegated hostas.

Motivation for a new gardener (or new garden)

Kat Fox

I went on my first garden tour this summer and discovered several good gardening ideas even newbies like myself can ...

Determine how you want to use the space. (Photo by Catherine Geraats)

A garden designer’s view on trends

Beckie Fox

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.

In Winter, think garden design

Garden Making

The Winter 2011-12 issue of Garden Making magazine includes our annual Garden Design Special Feature.  This is issue No. 8 ...

'Susan' magnolia from Wikipedia Commons

Garden design: glory is in the details

Judith Adam

Intelligent garden design is often executed in small and personal details, with plants that blend into comfortable landscapes and show the gardener’s skill and attention.

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