Beds and Borders

Building Better Borders
Use plant combinations that focus on complementary colors, textures, and forms

4 Ways to Remove Sod
When starting a bed, choose the method that suits you best by Steve Carroll

Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
Follow these four steps to keep lawns and beds looking neat by Ray Baker

The Best Plants for Sunny Borders
These workhorse perennials are beautiful and reliable by Sydney Eddison

Give Your Border a Tropical Punch
Use exotic plants as focal points, as accents, and in a vignette by Pam Baggett

A Strategy for a Long Border
Repeating colors, textures, and forms creates a whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts by Bonnie Blanchette

Pinks: Petite and Prolific
The genus Dianthus offers fragrance and a profusion of blooms for many garden settings by Alain Charest

Remaking a Bed
When your plant tastes change, dig in, dig up, and pray for rain by Linda Wesley

Design a Border with Strong Plant Shapes
Understanding nature's geometry is the key to good garden structure by Sydney Eddison

Transforming a Barren Backyard
Berms and a dry streambed change the terrain from flat to rolling by Konrad Gauder

Mass Plantings
Create impact or harmony by grouping masses of just a few plants by Ruth Adams

Annuals Pep Up Perennial Borders
Use the flowers and foliage of annuals to spark summer’s show by Elisabeth Sheldon

Does Pressure-Treated Wood Belong in Your Garden?
Here’s the information to help you decide by Ruth Lively

Lacing the Border with Beauty
Delicate flowers and frilly foliage add an elegant finishing touch to the garden by Frances Wenner

READER'S TIP
Recycling old sidewalks
by Marilyn Raidt

READER'S TIP
Edge paths with pavers
by Mary Anne Cassin

READER'S TIP
Flower cages
by Susan Bowen

4 Good Reasons To Kill A Plant
Sometimes you must kill a plant for the good of the garden by Billy Goodnick

Coping with One-of-Each-Itis
Buying singles at the nursery leads to a scattered design by Billy Goodnick

Designing with Curved Terraces
Use this new approach to ensure that your sloped garden looks good from every angle by Sandi Burdick

Get To Know Your Edging Options
Learn which of these six materials perfectly suits your space by Joan Bolton

Simplify Your Color Scheme
Taking a disciplined approach lets you harmonize your plant palette without stifling diversity by Andrew Grossman

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