JulieHillIn early June I trekked to Toronto to spend four days on a bus with a bunch of camera-wielding, garden-crazed plant nerds. We visited well over 30 gardens—private, public, and botanical—each with its own distinct style and feel. (And the gardens were interesting, too!) By the time I returned home I was on garden overload, […]
Garden Design
Design Tip: Repeat Distinctive Shapes
Lawn Shape Challenge
Awhile back I wrote a post entitled Design Tip: Give Your Lawn a Shape (see here). It gives ideas on the design principle that your lawn should be a feature of your garden, not just a receptacle in your garden. A lawn shape is a design technique that is so simple it hurts. Recently, a reader […]
Confessions of a Garden Designer
I haven’t done a lot of design work this spring…on purpose…other than my own space. I wanted to take a step back and reassess the work I’ve done and allow myself some time to work on my own garden. I’m not a fan of traditional landscaping…the perfectly manicured lawn (generally lots of it) and rows […]
