Garden Design
The Garden Axis: What a Straight View Does to a Walk
See how a straight garden axis changes the feel of a walk, clarifies its destination, and helps you decide when to…
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Browse writing on garden design, plants, materials, seasons and garden history. Each piece takes one subject at a time, with close attention to how gardens look and work.
Plants
Bulbs or Tubers? Two Different Ways Plants Store Their Start
Bulbs or tubers? Learn to recognize each plant’s storage organ by its structure, buds, roots, and growth pattern, then…
Garden History
From Gravel to Brick: Why Garden Paths Took Different Forms
Garden path history reveals how gravel, brick, stone, and earth shaped movement and garden layouts, with clues to read…
Materials
The Matching-Pots Myth: When Variety Helps a Plant Display
A varied plant display can feel composed without matching pots. Use a restrained palette of shapes, colors, or…
Seasons
A Winter Garden Walk for Silhouette and Space
A winter garden walk reveals the structure hidden by summer growth, helping you notice branch lines, evergreen mass…