Garden Design

Conversations About Garden Design

• Flooded Garden! ugh

  Need a little advice...I live just north of Chicago. 2 weeks ago my garden was under 2 feet of water. Had a bit of rain here ( 10 inches!) My garden was submerged under 2 feet of water for 3 days.Of course we lost annuals, not bothered by that. However… More

• Designing your garden beds..

  Although there are several different ways a person can design a garden bed (any type of bed), veggies, flowers etc. Do any of you have a particular way you like to design or a rhyme or reason to why you design the way you do? #1 I like alot of… More

• My 1st Formal Garden

  :banana-wa Years ago a friend of mine blessed me with a book, titled "The Garden Design Book" by, Cheryl Merser and the editors of Garden Design Magazine. I fell in love with the formal gardens in the book and have wanted one of my own ever since! Soooooo........ I have… More

• Designing a Garden

  Designing a Garden How can one really design a garden if it is not all planted at one time? I always have a general idea what I want but then fall in love with some other plant and out goes my original idea. All spring, summer and fall I am… More

• Opinions about my garden design please *picture included

  Hi, Im looking for opinions for this plan that I just made for the veg. garden we're planning for the spring. The green areas are the beds, and their dimensions are labeled. The white area with the grid is the rows between the beds...each square is a square foot so… More

• Garden Design

  :D I am putting a garden along side my shed and would like ideals on what to put into it. I have 1 Lilly that I got my wife for Easter which is Yellow and 10 Red Firecrackers that I got from a school sale. The garden is 17' 4"… More

• Las Vegas Gardener, Designer New to Town

  Hi, I'm new to Las Vegas. I do some garden designing, gardening, and lecturing on garden design. I'd love to meet other avid gardeners here. Rod More

• Newbie here... starting a garden from scratch...

  I grew up spending summers at my grandma's house, where we enjoyed the incredible bounty of her vegetable garden. I can still taste the incredibly sweet peas and corn that she grew. We recently moved to a rural area in Connecticut and I'm determined to have a vegetable garden. I've… More

• New to the Garden

  Hello, My name is Pam a newbie here. I live in Washignton state close to Lake Chelan. We bought a house a few months ago which has been fun. However there was no back yard and few flowers. I bought three truck load of plants with me from the old… More

• Help with fence design

  I'm new to gardening and am seeking advice for a 20' X 20' garden. I'm planning to have a fence installed with a 1" screen (vinyl coated) burried 2' underground (I have groundhog problems), and up to top of fence (5') above ground. I'm Having trouble deciding on the type… More

• landscape business question

  For anyone in the landscaping business: I'm looking to start my own landscape/garden design business fairly soon. Was wondering how to figure out a fair price to charge (for labor), beyond covering the costs of materials and supplies. Any thoughts? More

• Planning a garden around geography of area

  I'm looking into moving into a house in Abilene, Texas around December, and wanting to begin considering how to design the landscaping (sorry if this is in the wrong forum). From what I can tell of the house so far, I'll have plenty of space to work with. One thing… More

• 2edendesign

  I was looking in the Garden Design Forum. 2edendesign has posted a web site www.2edendesign.com. I couldn't get the page to load on my poky pooter, but that sure sounds like advertising to me. More

• Garden Design

  I have read about a million garden books and enjoyed every one of them. They are full of great ideas. However, I have never had much of a plan when I start making beds. If I find a plant irrestistable, I will buy it and squeeze it in. I plant… More

• Garden Tools and Equipment in Garden Design Forum

  I cleaned it out. There were about 15 threads in there, many by Durgan telling about a new wonder tool he discovered. They've been moved to Hand Tools, a few to Power Tools. So that forum can now be deleted. More

• Design and Plant Containers for Patio Garden

  I need an artist to tell me what plants go together in containers so I can buy the right ones so they will look like the pictures in "Better Homes and Garden" for my patio. I can grow them but I just get overwhelmed with the design :0 I have… More

• Garden design with Google SketchUp

  See my new blog : http://www.sketchup-garden.com It talk about garden design with Google SketchUp. More

• article about front yard vegetable garden in Baltimore

  This article was just published in a Baltimore magazine called Urbanite: http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?issueID=74&sectionID=4&articleID=1263 Spaces might appear in that URL. Just get rid of them to see the post if you have problems. Here's a sample of the article. "Horticulturally, my formative years were schizophrenic. My father was a salesman for a… More

• new member Louisiana

  Just would like to say hello to everyone. I reside in Metairie, Louisiana and I am looking for someone to help me design my new landscape project. I have a post under garden design discussion forum (Post Title: Help on Landscape and designing) with pictures of my house and existing… More

• Herb garden plan help

  OK..I have lots of herbs I am growing that I want to make a garden out of. Any design ideas for the following plants? Lavender, chives, chamomile and tarragon. I'll have several of each. More

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