Today, we will continue with our design for the small residential Japanese garden that we started in the last post. … [Read more...]
Japanese garden fall color lessons you can use
Last post I wrote about Japanese garden fall color. This post is about my favorite area for it. I also cover what you can learn from this Japanese garden fall color use in creating your garden sanctuary. The area is the path to the tea garden. I have never been able to completely capture it in a picture. Not only is it hard to photograph, it is also short lived. For about one week in the midday the area glows. The tea garden meanders through plantings of sugar and red maples. As you walk … [Read more...]
Front Yard Design for Winter Interest part 2 of 2
Last time, I began to show how winter garden design principles could be used in an actual design. Now we will complete that simple front yard design I started in Part 1. … [Read more...]
Two plants with red winter stem color
Winter officially begins on December 21st. Ugh, now I am depressed!. Gray, dull, and dark are the words that often come to mind when describing the winter landscape we live in here in the Midwest. Well at least after the holidays are over and the Christmas lights are all taken down (except for that one neighbor that leaves them up till Labor day (you know who you are!). … [Read more...]