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Backyard for bird watchers

January 11, 2015 By Jim 2 Comments

Backyard for bird watchers

Last post, I wrote about writing down what you want from your garden.  One goal some people have is to attract birds to their backyard. Today, I will start a backyard for bird watchers landscape design. It will also be attractive and versatile enough for others to appreciate too. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: attracting birds, backyard, bird, landscape deign

Designing a small residential Japanese garden Part 2

March 8, 2014 By Jim 7 Comments

Residential Japanese garden with Japanese maple added

Today, we will continue with our design for the small residential Japanese garden that we started in the last post. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Japanese garden landscaping, Restorative Environment Tagged With: backyard, fir, hemlock, Japanese garden, Japanese maple, landscape design

Designing a small backyard Japanese garden

March 1, 2014 By Jim 2 Comments

Informal stone for dry garden area in backyard Japanese garden

Last post, I answered a reader's question whether her small yard was large enough to create a backyard Japanese garden. Today, I would like to show an example of how one could be made from her yard. She stated that her yard was only 20 feet deep back. While this could be considered a challenge, lets give it a try. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Japanese garden landscaping, Restorative Environment Tagged With: backyard, hedge, Japanese garden, karesansui

Curvilinear landscape design from line of force

February 1, 2014 By Jim 6 Comments

Curvilinear landscape design could look from a birds eye view

A while ago, I showed how to create lines of force from your house to help integrate your house into your landscape. In the following post, we created a formal rectangular style design from those lines of force. This time, I will show how the same lines of force can generate a more informal design, a curvilinear landscape design. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: backyard, Curvilinear, design, informal

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