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Creating a Nightscape

Landscapes are designed predominantly for daytime enjoyment. Color, form, texture and fragrance stimulate and attract us, so they are...

Don't Fence Me In!

Fences have been used in the landscape for millennia. Early fences were used predominantly to support plants such as peas, beans and...

Ground Covers

Why do we plant ground covers? Usually, it is because ground covers will tolerate growing conditions such as shade, poor soils, shallow...

Elements of Design: Style

Landscape design can be very frustrating because understanding terms within this complex discipline can be confusing. For example, what...

Elements of Design: Mounding

In the depths of winter, our thoughts turn to spring in the landscape. We think about ordering new plants, consider changing or adding...

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