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How to Puzzle Out Planting Design Like a Pro
How to Puzzle Out Planting Design Like a Pro

Feb 08, 2019

Creating a garden that fits together—one that makes sense and works as a whole—is like a jigsaw puzzle, a word jumble, or really any puzzle that challenges us to create order from chaos. Our puzzle is further complicated by the fact that we're working in four dimensions, if we take the seasonal aspect of our creation into consideration. Though as the pieces, or in our case plants, start falling into place, the overall scene starts shaping up. It begins to make more sense and everything gets a bit easier. But getting started can feel daunting. ..

Creating Winning Plant Combos is a Balancing Act
Creating Winning Plant Combos is a Balancing Act

Jan 11, 2019

The most engaging planting combinations are able to strike a delicate balance between having enough different-ness to capture our attention versus enough same-ness to hold the scene together. When considering the extremes, we can easily see how too much variety can feel jarring and chaotic, and how too much sameness can lead us down a path to ho-hum. Just like Goldilocks, we're striving for "just right" — and even then, there's an enormous range of possibilities, so it can be helpful to know what kind of feeling or mood you're trying to evoke. ..

How to Select Slow-Growing Conifers for a Small Garden
How to Select Slow-Growing Conifers for a Small Garden

Nov 30, 2018

I love slow-growing, dwarf conifers and find them especially valuable when choosing plants for small gardens where every plant needs to earn its keep—their compact size and year-round good looks consistently earn them a place in my designs. ..

An end-of-season garden review will help answer: WHAT NEXT?
An end-of-season garden review will help answer: WHAT NEXT?

Oct 05, 2018

Autumn is the perfect time to step back, assess your garden's performance, and make plans for what you'll tackle next. While there's much to learn from observing what's working well and plants that are thriving, it's equally useful to learn from what's not. So it's a great time to take note, especially of those plants that are struggling and/or not performing as well as you'd hoped. ..

9 Garden-making Tips to Help You Decide: What's Next?
9 Garden-making Tips to Help You Decide: What's Next?

Jul 13, 2018

Unless you’re a heckuva lot tougher than me, working outdoors during a bout of extreme weather—whether it's blistering heat, bone-chilling cold, or torrential rain—has less appeal.  ..

Exciting News! My "Beyond Pinterest" Presentation is Online.
Exciting News! My "Beyond Pinterest" Presentation is Online.

Jun 30, 2018

I've had a blast sharing my presentation, Beyond Pinterest—Unlock the Secrets Behind the Pretty Picture, with audiences around the Northwest for the last six months. The reception has been super-enthusiastic and I've been thrilled to have attendees tell me that it's been really helpful to them.  ..

How to Focus Your Garden Fever & Sidestep Plant-plop-itus!
How to Focus Your Garden Fever & Sidestep Plant-plop-itus!

Apr 20, 2018

It's spring and my garden fever is running high. If you're like me, you're full-on in plant acquisition and garden-making mode.  ..

Seating Areas Made Simple
Seating Areas Made Simple

Mar 02, 2018

On the hottest days of summer my husband and I gravitate to a pair of comfortably worn Adirondack chairs in our "secret garden"—a cozy backyard spot under the shelter of two linden trees. What draws us into that part of the garden? What makes one seating area more inviting than another? ..

How to Use 7 Plants in 7+ Ways to Create a Beautiful Garden
How to Use 7 Plants in 7+ Ways to Create a Beautiful Garden

Jan 12, 2018

Let's say you've assembled a palette of plants that you think work well together. It doesn't really matter how you arrived at it—maybe you dreamed it up yourself, or perhaps you followed one of the many road maps to success you'll find here on eGardenGo. Whatever the source of your inspiration, though, getting your plants laid out in an organized and logical fashion can be daunting until you get the hang of it.  ..

A Roundup of our Most Popular Content from 2017
A Roundup of our Most Popular Content from 2017

Dec 29, 2017

Happy New Year! Thanks so much for following along as I've created and shared planting combination ideas, design tips, and more —I hope that you've found eGardenGo to be loaded with inspiring and fun content— I've sure had a blast creating it and connecting with you! ..

Use Color Echoes to Make Delightful Garden Music
Use Color Echoes to Make Delightful Garden Music

Nov 03, 2017

Below you'll find a gallery of gorgeous images with lots of examples from creative gardeners, just like you, who are creating inspired gardens using the simple, but effective method of strategically repeating a color to lend coherence, draw the eye, and create a cohesive and lovely garden scene. ..

How to Be More Confident When Combining Plants
How to Be More Confident When Combining Plants

Sep 29, 2017

Figuring out what to plant with what is often a delicate balance between the pursuit of artful ambitions while simultaneously tending to more practical considerations. Gardeners I talk to often ask me for guidelines, so I've provided a few in this post. Following these guidelines can help you be more successful when creating plant combinations in your garden—they take the mystery out of the making so that you can focus on the fun! ..

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