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Garden Design Series talk in Belfast

VillageSoup Belfast - Jan 26, 2012
Belfast — The Garden Design Series at the Belfast Free Library, co-sponsored by the Belfast Garden Club, will continue Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 6:30 pm Terry Hire will present a slide show and talk titled Formalist into Edwardian: A Look at 19th Century ...

Garden lessons: January is prime time to envision landscape possibilities

Knoxville News Sentinel - Jan 26, 2012
Great garden design keeps things simple by grouping or massing three or more of most plants together. Granted, some plants grow too large for this and are better left as a single specimen, but smaller plants should be used this way.

Urns are a stylish way to create eye-catching displays

Fall River Herald News - Jan 26, 2012
If you're looking for a tool that will help you create great tabletop displays in a snap, consider an urn. (SHNS photo courtesy of Nell Hill's) (Newscom TagID: shnsphotos142821) [Photo via Newscom] By Mary Carol Garrity When you look through your ...

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Garden Design books

Succulent Container Gardens: Design Eye-Catching Displays with 350 Easy-Care Plants

by: Debra Lee Baldwin
With their colorful leaves, sculptural shapes, and simple care, succulents are beautiful yet forgiving plants for pots. If grown in containers, these dry-climate jewels—which include but are not limited to cacti—can be brought indoors in winter and so can thrive anywhere in the world. 

In this inspiring compendium, the popular author of Designing with Succulents provides everything beginners and experienced gardeners need to know to create stunning container displays of exceptionally waterwise plants.
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The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-Less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden

by: Ivette Soler

People everywhere are turning patches of soil into bountiful vegetable gardens, and each spring a new crop of beginners pick up trowels and plant seeds for the first time. They're planting tomatoes in raised beds, runner beans in small plots, and strawberries in containers. But there is one place that has, until now, been woefully neglected — the front yard.

And there's good reason. The typical veggie garden, with its raised beds and plots, is not the most attractive type of garden, and favorite edible plants like tomatoes and cucumbers have a tendency to look a scraggily, even in their prime.
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Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love

by: Julie Moir Messervy
An Outside-the-Box Guide to Outdoor Living. Let's face it: most of us have the confidence to improve the inside of our homes with a fresh coat of paint, new rugs, furniture, and fixtures. But when it comes to the outside of our most prized possession, we don't know where to start. That's where Julie Moir Messervy's Home Outside comes in. The acclaimed landscape designer walks the reader through the process of turning any property into the home outside you've always dreamed of. Focusing on key concepts like Finding Your Comfort Zone and Placing the Pieces, Messervy presents breathtaking plans for remarkable front and back lawns, entertainment areas, and contemplative retreats, as well as innovative ways to create a better flow between the inside and outside of a house.
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Designer Plant Combinations: 105 Stunning Gardens Using Six Plants or Fewer

by: Scott Calhoun
For every gardener who has hesitated over plant pairings or wondered if an array of favorite plants will work well together in the garden, Designer Plant Combinations inspires and delights with professionally designed combinations using just two to six plants. Here are the secrets to combining French lavender with California fuchsia; prairie coneflower with hummingbird mint; and tall purple moor grass with dwarf Korean lilac in a small garden bed. The dramatic effects are marvelous.

Author Scott Calhoun traveled the country searching for the freshest, most exciting plant groupings.
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Principles of Garden Design

Learn about the "Principles of Garden Design" with Dr. Ann Marie VanDerZanden of Iowa State University. More landscape design information can be found in eXtension.org's Gardens, Lawns, and Landscapes: www.extension.org

 

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Garden design and build DEMO

Step by step pictures of how to design and build an outdoor living space or garden.

 

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Garden Design Work IV

Anatomy of an Installation Project

 

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Tips on Perennial Garden Design

Lowe's gardening expert, Erika Vetrini, explains why perennial flowers are a great addition to your home garden. Learn more perennial flowers like rudbeckia, salvia plants, coneflowers, and peonies. For additional flower tips and videos, visit www.Lowes.com