Hardscaping Projects - Fine Gardening
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DesignGetting Creative with Patio Materials
When it comes to landscape design, patios are the most requested hardscape element from my clients, and for good reason—they serve as a central hub of activity and a visual…
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DesignTerri’s New Garden Project
Today’s photos are from Terri Bennink. We were not able to really work on the front and side yard, as there was a giant sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua, Zones 5–9)…
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CollectionMaking Your Garden Beautiful and Functional With Pathways
No matter the size, style, or location of your cultivated patch of paradise, at the heart of every great garden is at least one pathway. These essential areas are an…
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DesignTour a Garden That Perfectly Balances Hardscape and Plants
Margherita Fabrizio and her husband, Andy Jordan, live in a beautiful historic 1918 home in the heart of downtown Ithaca, New York. When they purchased their property in 2009, they…
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DesignCreative Recycling in a Woodland Garden
My name is Paul Brothe, and I live and garden in Newburgh, New York. (See a previous visit to this garden.) In 2020, I cleared an overgrown part of my…
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DesignLockdown Garden Makeover
Today we’re seeing the garden makeover Lynne did during the COVID lockdown. Up until this last year the most gardening I had ever done was mowing the grass and pulling…
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Collection10 Expert Tips for Designing Your Garden
In an ideal world, everyone would be able to hire a designer to help with big garden decisions. But in reality, most of us end up doing our own design…
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DesignExpert Design Advice: Let Your Senses Guide Your Garden’s Design
When you first start to think about changing part of your landscape, slow down, look, and listen. Pay attention to how the existing conditions make you feel. Is the space…
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DesignWe All Make Design Mistakes | Letter from the Editor
The worst birthday present I ever got was several tons of gravel dumped into my garden. It was from an accidental landslide caused by a design mistake—and it was entirely…
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DesignHardscaping Projects in Early Spring
I am always confused when a gardener says, “There’s nothing to do,” during late winter or early spring in the garden. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we get the chance…
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