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Planting Plan for a Bold, Modern Garden

When Robin Parsons took on the job of designing this Zone 8b garden overlooking Puget Sound in Seattle, she had a challenge on her hands. The steel-and-glass home was situated…
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Planting Plan for a Mature Garden Makeover

In the article How to Make Changes to a Mature Garden, Laura Trowbridge explains how her long border acquired its present appearance: "It was a difficult decision, but last spring…
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Planting Plan for a Geometric Garden

In Geometry Makes a Garden Better, landscape designer Warren Leach takes us through his process of designing a small garden for Peter and Shirley Williams of North Grafton, Massachusetts. Warren…
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Planting Plan for a Garden That Fills In Fast

In the article 3 Steps to Get a Garden That Fills In Fast (Fine Gardening #208), garden designer Adam Woodruff takes readers through the steps he used to get a landscape…
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Designing a Beautiful Back Border—Planting Plan

If you fell in love with Stacie Crooks’s border in the article Designing a Beautiful Back Border from issue #208 of Fine Gardening magazine, you are not alone—so did we.…
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How to Use Hostas in Garden Design: Plant IDs

In “How to Use Hostas in Garden Design,” home gardener Delphia Johnstone introduced us to her lush Zone 7b North Vancouver garden. The garden has been three decades in the…
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A Garden Design with Lots of Hardscape and Plants – Plant IDs

My plant selection followed the same principles I used in selecting my hardscape materials, with an emphasis on sculptural habits and interesting textures. As a member of the American Conifer…
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How to Design a Colorful Shade Garden – Plant IDs

The plants teach me what they can do, and I try my best to help them reach their full potential. I have grown to love the shade, and I can’t…
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Dry Shade Done Simply: Plant IDs

Is it possible to have a great garden in the least hospitable conditions imaginable? This garden designed by Susan Calhoun in Bainbridge Island, Washington makes us say, yes! This stunning…

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