Informal garden ideas

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As a contractor and garden designer, respectively, this husband-and-wife duo makes a living conceptualizing, installing, and maintaining gardens under the name Barrett Landscape and Design. Their garden has a fluid, natural look. But how, exactly, is that accomplished? See two secrets to great garden design, here.

My design is very simple. I like to repeat some flowers in the border, but I also like to use a random planting scheme that gives a naturalistic face for it. I like very much to use annuals, biennials, and tender perennials with the perennials and self-seeding plants.

This flower bed runs on both sides of a small creek for about forty-five feet, with a huge poplar tree and the round marble patio with a seating area and some containers at one end. It’s cott…

A small garden needs a big idea and here are stunning ideas to inspire you - a jungle garden, a coastal patio and a plant-lovers' backyard!

Create instant interest in your yard with garden art made from recycled or inexpensive materials.

Don’t you just love spring? Cool mornings, bright green lawns brushed with nature’s paintbrush of various flowering hues. Spring-flowering bulbs, such as Spring-flowering bulbs, such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and more make a welcome addition to any landscape but they must be planted in the fall to enjoy in the Spring garden!

List of flowers, vegetables, scrubs, and plants that love or like coffee grounds. The best plants to plant and grow with coffee grounds.

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