Garden design

Does a dark and moody garden fit your style better than a bright, perky cottage or farmhouse garden? Then a mysterious and brooding gothic or “goth” garden may be the perfect solution for you.

Garden Layout
Literature is full of gothic settings featuring crumbling stone walls covered by ivy and concealing a hidden door. Or meandering paths leading to a secret garden.

Many urban landscapes have a forlorn narrow planting strip between the curb and sidewalk, often known as a “hell strip”. No matter what is planted here - turf, trees, shrubs or perennials - they all face many challenges affecting their health and beauty, including those below. These factors must be considered when selecting plant material and, in the case of soil quality, addressed before planting begins if it is to be successful.

Only have a small space for a vegetable garden this year? There are several ways to practice intensive gardening, making every inch of garden space count.

Square Foot Gardening

Maybe you have dreamed of creating a small wildflower garden in your landscape? If so, a great place to start is with an dryland prairie garden. Not too tall, but full of color and wildflowers! Just make sure the site you chose is in full sun- to perform at their best these plants require full sun at least 6 hours or more a day.

We often get carried away when looking at plants in the garden center or plant catalogs. A particularly attractive plant is so tempting, we buy first then try to figure out where it will survive in our landscape. As a result, gardeners often end up with a mish-mash of plants with different growing requirements, which they try to and fulfill in their landscape beds.