Can-Do Design Ideas From 8 City Gardens
Urban gardens may have begun as a means to connect us to our rural roots, but we can now turn to those cities themselves for garden inspiration. Designers and gardeners are creating spaces that are doing more than simply replacing asphalt with plants — they’re bringing communities together, providing habitats for migrating birds, and housing […]
Garden Design Essentials: Mass and Shape
I am reviewing the principles and elements of design — directly out of my 1980s college textbook Design Through Discovery, from Marjorie Elliott Bevlin — since they link to gardens. I wanted to research my own understanding of those timeless layout themes and locate jobs to illustrate each one. It ends up that shape and […]
Are Eucalyptus and Melaleuca Related?
Both eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.) , hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 to 11, depending on cultivar, and melaleuca (Melaleuca spp.) Hardy in zones 8 through 11, depending on cultivar, include evergreen shrubs and trees native primarily to Australia — and they are associated. They belong to the myrtle familymembers, or Myrtaceae, […]
Landscape Trends: Spout and Trough Fountains
Have you noticed any simple yet striking fountains about recently? Their rectilinear types resemble troughs, plus they usually have a simple horizontal runner that the water splashes down. In the history of landscape architecture, two precedents utilizing this kind of fountain design stand out in my mind. The first is that the work of Luis […]
Garden Tour: Enchanting Landscape that is Greek
You understand a landscape is great when it seems like it was not created at all, but instead only exists if it’s existed there eternally. You are drawn by the quality of the the area in distractions and guard you from all outdoor powers and to nurture. I immediately understood the Garden on Paros was […]