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Backyard with a Prairie and a Pond Part 2

February 25, 2018 By Jim 2 Comments

View into Backyard

Last post, I started a backyard landscape design with a Prairie and a Pond. Today, we finish it by adding shrubs, perennials and accessories. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Supports Wildlife & Biodiversity Tagged With: backyard design, landscape design, meadow, native plants, Prairie

Ecological Landscape Design with a Prairie and a Pond Part 1

February 3, 2018 By Jim 1 Comment

View of Accessories added to Backyard Ecological Landscape Design

Today, we start a backyard Ecological Landscape Design with a theme, a prairie and pond. This should be fun, as we are going to put together a design with a strong form and a lot of plants. This design would provide a ton of ecological value compared to the existing lawn that is currently at this site. Not only will the backyard have a small prairie, but we will retain a large portion of lawn as this family has kids and wants a large play area. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Supports Wildlife & Biodiversity Tagged With: ecological, hickory, landscape design, native plants, oak, pond, Prairie

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

Formal Design Theme from lines of force

January 11, 2014 By Jim 1 Comment

Formal design theme view straight out from patio

When you are designing your landscape, you need to have an overall pattern to help organize it and tie it together. Otherwise, you can end up with a mess. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: formal design, landscape design, lines of force

Integrating your house and landscape

January 5, 2014 By Jim 2 Comments

When designing a new landscape or renovation, integrating your house and landscape should be a priority. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Restorative Environment Tagged With: landscape design, landscape theme, lines of force, site design

Front yard design for a yard with Black walnuts Part 2 of 2

March 10, 2013 By Jim 5 Comments

Today, I continue the front yard design for a yard with black walnuts from the last post. The Tough choice This design desperately needs some evergreen shrubs.  Finding an evergreen shrub that tolerates Juglone and shade is the tricky part.  Besides hemlock, there really are not any other ones listed in the Juglone tolerant lists. However, that does not mean there are not ones that will work.  For instance, yews are not supposed to work under black walnut, but I know of several that have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: black walnut, front yard design, juglone, landscape design, walnut

Front yard design for a yard with Black walnuts Part 1 of 2

March 9, 2013 By Jim Leave a Comment

Last post, I talked about how growing landscapes in the midst of Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) can be a challenge.  This is due to the fact that they produce the chemical juglone.  Juglone in the soil can kill plants that are sensitive to it.  In today’s post, I am going to help a reader with a front yard design for her landscape that tolerates black walnut’s juglone. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: black walnut, front yard design, juglone, landscape design, walnut

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